"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the way
they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne for
Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Ian

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"Graham Harrison" wrote in
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The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the
way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne
for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Ian


Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

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"Graham Harrison" wrote
in message news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but
the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly)
Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown
by the way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for
whittlesey, Fulbourne for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

Whittlesea was how the place was spelt when the railway came. Manea still
uses the same ending.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, wrote:

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(Ian Bidwell) wrote:

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"Graham Harrison" wrote
in message news The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but
the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly)
Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown
by the way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for
whittlesey, Fulbourne for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

Whittlesea was how the place was spelt when the railway came. Manea
still uses the same ending.

Not to mention Judea.

tom

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constitutes a far greater risk to our environment and to our society than
unsafe cars, toxic pesticides, or accidents at nuclear power stations. --
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, wrote:

In article ,
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"Graham Harrison" wrote
in message news The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but
the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly)
Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown
by the way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for
whittlesey, Fulbourne for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

Whittlesea was how the place was spelt when the railway came.
Manea still uses the same ending.

Not to mention Judea.

I wouldn't mention it either. It's pronounced completely differently for a
start.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, wrote:

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"Graham Harrison" wrote
in message news The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but
the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly)
Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown
by the way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for
whittlesey, Fulbourne for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

Whittlesea was how the place was spelt when the railway came.
Manea still uses the same ending.

Not to mention Judea.

I wouldn't mention it either. It's pronounced completely differently for a
start.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

So is it Wittel - sea, or Wittel - say, or Wittel - see - uh
Man - ee - uh, Man - ay - ah or Man - ee
Jude - ay - ah and Jude - ee - ah seem to me equally common among those who
speak of the area, preachers being a large subgroup thereof.

So, what am I to make of all this ..... while the good folks in Whittlesea
near Melbourne, Victoria are a little more concerned about whether they will
have a town to give a name to after the severity of recent bushfires not
only through Victoria, but we've seen some serious wildfires occuring in
Western Australia now. Having put that in perspective, I've always known
Whittlesea to be Wittel - sea ... and the end of the line from Melbourne
through Epping.

DW downunder

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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, wrote:

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"Graham Harrison" wrote
in message news The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/
but the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably
wrongly) Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown
by the way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for
whittlesey, Fulbourne for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey

Whittlesea was how the place was spelt when the railway came.
Manea still uses the same ending.

Not to mention Judea.

I wouldn't mention it either. It's pronounced completely differently
for a start.

So is it Wittel - sea, or Wittel - say, or Wittel - see - uh

Wittel - sea.

Man - ee - uh, Man - ay - ah or Man - ee

May - nee.

Jude - ay - ah and Jude - ee - ah seem to me equally common among
those who speak of the area, preachers being a large subgroup
thereof.

Pass. Not the same and Manea, anyway.

So, what am I to make of all this ..... while the good folks in
Whittlesea near Melbourne, Victoria are a little more concerned
about whether they will have a town to give a name to after the
severity of recent bushfires not only through Victoria, but we've
seen some serious wildfires occuring in Western Australia now.
Having put that in perspective, I've always known Whittlesea to be
Wittel - sea ... and the end of the line from Melbourne through
Epping.

I suppose you can't pronounce the village of Quy either.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 17 Jan, 11:17, "Ian Bidwell" wrote:
"Graham Harrison" wrote in message

news
The local council uses Haringey -http://www.haringey.gov.uk/but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.

Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the way
they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne for
Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Ian

Although in this case they are correct. There are many more stations
in the borough of Haringey.

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:17:18 -0000, Ian Bidwell put finger to keyboard
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the way
they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne for
Fulbourn

In many cases, though, that's due to the fact that when the railways
were built (and the stations were named) there wasn't a single
accepted spelling of many place names.

Mark
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Blog: http://mark.goodge.co.uk
Stuff: http://www.good-stuff.co.uk

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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:17:18 -0000, Ian Bidwell put finger to keyboard
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the way
they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne for
Fulbourn

In many cases, though, that's due to the fact that when the railways
were built (and the stations were named) there wasn't a single
accepted spelling of many place names.

In other cases there was an established spelling but as applies in
this someone came along later and recorded/copied it incorrectly.
Rum/Rhum
Hannover/Hanover
Hazelton/Hazleton (Pennsylvania - allegedly misspelled in the
incorporation documents in 1857 and "it's too late to change it now")