In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.
I agree that 'Men of Kent' pronounce the 't'. However, I think you'll find that (the superior) 'Kentish men' do not. With Kentish men the T is silent and the 'o' imperceptible. Thus ... the correct pronunciation is actually Charlunnnn.
Cheltenham according to some people when they ask who I support.
This. In a queue for a chair lift at a French ski resort in the mid 90's I had my red bobble hat on with the badge facing backwards (so passing skiers can see it as they approach) and someone asked "who's that you support" & obviously didn't hear me that well, as he replied with "Cheltenham ? - I didn't think they had a team". I couldn't be bothered to try to explain.......
Unless I'm talking to someone who doesn't know football and I pronounce it perfectly, with a question mark at the end to see if they've actually heard of them.
In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.
Irrelevant, Charlton isn't in Kent, you might as well tell us how they pronounce it in Botswana.
it used to be (why Kent CCC used to play at the The Rectory Field). My parents were married at St. John's Church, Blackheath in the County of Kent.
I think we should debate, at length, whether Charlton is in Kent or not, doubt that has ever been covered on here.
Part of that debate should focus on whether or not Kentish Charlton fans are glory hunters as Charlton are significantly more successful than any team from Kent?
It was always Grinnidge when I was younger in the 60s and 70s - the only people who called it Grenitch were those who'd never lived there.
Then the recorded train announcements at Charing X station started calling it Grenitch. And Grenitch was what the monied newcomers started calling it as the place became gentrified.
I expect it's only a matter of time before Woolidge becomes Woolitch.
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It's only having a few Coventry fans in the office that makes it more bearable.
Maybe Chowl-ton
The first one is fantastic
(Pronounced Griin'ich)
Unless I'm talking to someone who doesn't know football and I pronounce it perfectly, with a question mark at the end to see if they've actually heard of them.
Part of that debate should focus on whether or not Kentish Charlton fans are glory hunters as Charlton are significantly more successful than any team from Kent?
Historically part of Kent, now definitely part of London.
It was always Grinnidge when I was younger in the 60s and 70s - the only people who called it Grenitch were those who'd never lived there.
Then the recorded train announcements at Charing X station started calling it Grenitch.
And Grenitch was what the monied newcomers started calling it as the place became gentrified.
I expect it's only a matter of time before Woolidge becomes Woolitch.