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The talk show host pointed out that Cholmondeley is actually pronounced “Chumley” and made the bizarre pronunciation a running joke. “Now there have been rumors an affair between William and the Marching Band of Chicanery since 2019,” he said, mocking her title.
-Stephen Colbert trolls Prince William's alleged affair with Rose Hanbury
There's no Fookin' way in the King's English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!
Worcestershire. Pronounced wooster-sure. I do believe The King's English takes the piss whenever possible.
See also: Through......
Oooh! And Norfolk. That one is pronounced Nah-fuck, at least in Virginia, US. Not certain how the original town is said, I assume it's similar, but the accent may have drifted in the last 400 years or so since the new one was founded.
close, it's wuh-ster-sure.