Thursday 15 January 2015

Conclusive proof

I was born in Greenwich. The locals pronounce it either 'Grinnidge' or 'Grinnich'. Received pronunciation for it is 'Grennich'. I've just looked at a Canterbury parish register for 1725. One of the marriage entries records the groom as being 'of Greenidge'. That has settled an argument about something that has always irritated me. Received pronunciation IS wrong.

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