In article , noname (DW
downunder) wrote:

On the other hand, I do know that there's a Vale of Bee-vah, that
horses go round the Dah-bee and that Berks live in Bark-shar (all
of which are pronounced in a terribly un-British way over here).
And if there was an Arabic influence on Quy, it'd come out Guy
(like guide), or with French influence: Ghee (like glee, key, we,
etc).

None of the above. It's pronounced like the bridge over the river.

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Colin Rosenstiel