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Belfast Live
Belfast Live
National
Orlaith Clinton

Northern Ireland places and phrases that are often mispronounced

There are plenty of place names and well known phrases that are pronounced different based on where a person is from.

Whether it's calling the Ormeau Road 'ormer road' or pronouncing Poleglass as 'poll-glass' we all have our own pet peeves when we hear them.

Belfast Live asked our readers what locations or phrases they think are the most muddled up. 

Here are 22 of the most common answers:

"Someone once said to me 'how's the farm?' instead of 'how's the form?' I don't have a farm."

"New-town-abbey pronounced as three words instead of one."

"Saying 'tea tarl' instead of tea towel."

"Ever heard the google maps voice say Sydenham Bypass? Wrong in every way!"

"'Stormount' instead of Stormont!"

"Is it Creg-ah or Craig-ee?"

"Ormer Road as opposed to Ormo (Ormeau)."

"Oh when people pronounce it 'Prymark' instead of 'Preemark'."

"People who say 'The Ardoyne'. It's Ardoyne. And people who say 'the Markets area'. It's the Market."

"Mack-a-berry instead of Maghaberry."

"Portglenone is frequently pronounced port-glen-one by newsreaders."

"Craigavon as 'Craig Avon' as in the make-up book."

"Best I heard was Demesne Road pronounced 'de-mes-ney' not 'de-main'."

"Mataland.... It is Matalan - no 'd'."

"Ok, how is Belvoir pronounced?" (We lost count at how many times this one came up)

"People saying 'The Moy' when it's just Moy. Why do we add 'the'?"

"Auker and Clocker for Augher and Clogher"

"Boucher Road - the sat nav pronounces it 'Boosher Road' - we always have a laugh at that."

"Clough referred to by Americans once as 'cl-ow'."

"I am a proud Belfast woman living in England for over thirty years. The first thing I had to learn was the word `Film was not pronounced Fil-im'."

"Cromac Street not 'crow-mac'."

"Have a Scottish relative who pronounced Greenisland as 'Greeness-land'."

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