On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:15:54 -0800 (PST), Offramp
wrote:

When I was on the 360 bus the other day, I noticed that the recorded
message said Pel-ham Street, as in Pel-[green eggs and]ham. I have
always (of course!) said it like pellum; but perhaps TfL "knows
something".


Perhaps the pronunciation was taken from Peter Sellers' magnificent
1958 travelogue on Balham, in which he pronounced it "Bal-ham" in a
mid-Atlantic accent? Hilariously funny. ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTWk9QIKS0