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Re:British Placename Mapper by pirates on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:45AM (#39989605)
I have heard even Manchester sometimes spoken that way as well, depending on who you’re talking to.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by JdeBP on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:48AM (#39991306)
It's not even unreasonable. -caster, -chester, and -cester are related suffixes.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by arrowsmith on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @04:57PM (#39995638)
All descending from the Latin "castrum", which means "fort". So if a placename has one of those suffixes, chances are high that it was a Roman settlement.
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Re:British Placename Mapper by NeoTar on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:57AM (#39991423)
Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire, although now pronunced by most people as 'God-Man-Chest-Er', used to be pronounced (and may still be by some locals) as Gumster.
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