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Colin Rosenstiel · August 26th 08, 11:43 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message . uk,
at 09:30:00 on Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Colin Rosenstiel
remarked:
There's a Docwra's Close next to Shepreth Station. Pronounce that!

No harder than "Gwydir".

I can have a stab at "Gwydir" (perhaps to rhyme with "why-dear", or
is it "wider"),

In Cambridge it rhymes with "wider".

but "Docwra" seems superficially unpronounceable as
there's a middle vowel missing; "Doc-wer-ah" maybe, or is it
"doe-cur-uh"

You amaze me. I've know that name since I were a lad in London
(builders'?) and I've always thought of it as "DockWRa" or "DockRa".

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Colin Rosenstiel