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Had to smile this morning when during the BBC Midlands News report they reported traffic problems due to road works on the A518 in Knosall
The BBC used to be very good about this sort of thing - years ago they had a pronunciation dictionary for 'difficult' names of places and people - but, it all seems to have fallen by the wayside lately.I remember when the Colwich train crash happened and the BBC kept pronouncing is Colitch instead of Colewitch.
Which pretty much sums up what has happened to the quality of the BBC's output in general.it all seems to have fallen by the wayside lately.
Highways had it signposted as Goal Road not so long ago...Or gaol Road becomes gayal rd
Once heard it pronounced Gosnall.Had to smile this morning when during the BBC Midlands News report they reported traffic problems due to road works on the A518 in Knosall
Probably by the same type of fwit that says 'aks' instead of 'ask'.Once heard it pronounced Gosnall.
I was once asked for directions to Gonsall Forge by somebody who clearly thought it should be very near Norbury Junction and was rather sceptical about my suggestion that it was somewhere north of Cheadle....
It is a rather nice place.Over the years whenever I've taken anyone to the Black Lion for the first time, on almost every occasion I've had "How the (insert expletive of choice) did you find this place?"