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Colin Rosenstiel · January 22nd 07, 09:28 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Ian Jelf) wrote:

In message
, Colin
Rosenstiel writes

Indeed. But we're used to that sort of problem in Cambridgeshire,
Interesting choice of places. I've always pronounced them as:

what
with Wisbech,
"Whizz Beach"

Manea
"May Knee"

and Quy,
Not heard of this one!

Am I wrong?

Two out of three, though I might get picky about the "Wh" in the Wisbech
pronunciation - I'd have put "Wizbeach", but you've got the main point.

Quy (pronounced like the Bridge over the River Kwai) is sometimes shown
as Stow-cum-Quy. Of that lot, it is much the nearest to Cambridge, just
off the Newmarket Road by the A14 junction to the East of the City.

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Colin Rosenstiel