> This is side stepping the original point, but the UK is replete with place > names like this, e.g.: Loughborough (Luf-bra), Berkshire (Barkshire), > Leicester (Les-ta), > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch, ad nauseam. Huh. I always wondered how you pronounced that.