How do you pronouce Falmer?

[perseus]

Phonetics

How do you pronouce Falmer?


Fal - mer A as in Dad, MER as in warmer

Phelma Fel and MA as in Ma (Mother)

Falma A as in Dad and MA as in Ma (Mother)

Fowma Fow (as in a fowl pond) and Ma (like a cat being strangled). Sussex accent.

Fell-ma Fell (as in just fallen down the stairs) and Ma (As in MAFF, with disdain)

This is the problem

 

[enigma]

Fal-mer but this is a shite topic.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I pronounce it 'shut it Perseus you plank'.

 

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

Fal-mer but this is a shite topic.

beat me to it

Perseus, you are a f***ing wierdo

Internet geek, get a life

 

[Lokki 7]

Where is the option for pen-de?

 

[dougdeep]

How long have you lived in Sussex?

 

[Halftime Oranges]

 

[JJ McClure]

Apparently I have a Sussex accent. I just though I spoke proper normal like.

 

[Dave the OAP]

where is the option for....

" I am a traiterous backstabbing git with nothing better to do that shitstirr in an effot to kill the club"


Odd that it's missing.

 

[enigma]

Does Perseus just chat bollocks regularly? I like his little signature at the bottom, pretending to be a fan when hes against the stadium.Why does he never reply to any flak he gets?

 

[Artois]

PEN-DE

 

[Seagullible]

PEN-DE

so it's not Pend? glad you cleared that up for me.

 

[perseus]

This is one way to find out if anybody comes from Yorkshire or strange alien places. They pronounce words like they have got snot up their nose.

Pende rhymes with Wembley, sort of.

 

[Dave the OAP]

This is one way to find out if anybody comes from Yorkshire or strange alien places. They pronounce words like they have got snot up their nose.

Pende rhymes with Wembley, sort of.

Wahay, I have been insulted by Perseus.

My life has been fulfilled

 

[Juan Albion]

They pronounce words like they have got snot up their nose.

So where do you keep your snot? Where your brain should be, would be my guess.

 

[perseus]

Wahay, I have been insulted by Perseus.

My life has been fulfilled

It wasn't personal. I didn't know you came from Yorkshire. I should have guessed though.

Just thank our lucky stars that the call centres are in Delhi and not Beverley.

 

[Ernest]

pipedream

 

[enigma]

It wasn't personal. I didn't know you came from Yorkshire. I should have guessed though.

Just thank our lucky stars that the call centres are in Delhi and not Beverley.

So he has a huddersfield crest as his avatar, and u didn think of that? Where did you think he came from, Somerset?

And actually people from Yorkshire arent that hard to understand, so thats a stupid comment about call centres.Geordies and Scousers are much harder to understand.

 

[perseus]

cf: Falmouth, Ringmer.

I don't know, hence the poll. I don't suppose there is a correct way. It depends where you are brought up. I don't have call to use the name very often. I would tend to pronounce it Fow-ma as it is easier on the tongue.

Toponymy, historic:

fæl mere = a as in ash, fallacy? and meer(kat) ? OE

Falemere (Domesday Book, ie. Frenchies)

Fawmer 1607 (I expect the locals, if there are any living in Falmer would say it like that?)

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

Utter drivel. Its like listening to two different conversations. Perseus, you are absolutely hatstand.

Q: Perseus, why do you never explain some of the bizarre and annoying statements you make on NSC?

A: Quarter past 4.