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Old August 27th 08, 05:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Who names new roads?
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:13:58 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message . uk, at
13:57:00 on Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Colin Rosenstiel
remarked:
Then there is Marylebone....

Seems straightforward to me.

Silent "y". Marr-lee-bone.

If silent "y", then silent "l" too. It's either "Marribun" or
"Marrylebun" with a short "a" sound and the "i" almost unpronounced.
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