So true. I always wondered why is Leicester pronounced as "lester" and not as "laichester".
Because the components are Leice-ster, not Lei-cester. Same for Glouce-ster, Worce-ster etc. A very refined pronunciation might emit both "s" sounds, but colloquially they get smooshed together into one.
Grenich anyone?
Soderk (Southwark), Marlibon (Marylebone), Reding (Reading), Bister (Bicester), Sozbery (Salisbury), Frum (Frome), Worick (Warwick), Noridge (Norwich), Darby (Derby), and the various Gloster, Lester, Wooster
Yeah but Greenwich is a place known world-wide, and I guess a high percentage of people mispronounce it (I was one of them).
It's known worldwide, but many people never heard an actual Britt pronouncing it.
In my country, it was always pronounced as green-each. Only in this thread I realised it's written Green-wich and pronounced gren-each.
And I'm pretty sure I'll forget it quickly and just keep calling it green-each.
... Hoyk (Hawick), Kircoodbree (Kirkcudbright), Mullguy (Milngavie), Cooriss (Culross), Geeree (Garioch), Eyela (Islay)
However, some Americans even have trouble with Glasgow (Glaz-go, not Glass-gow) and Edinburgh (Ed-in-burra, not Edin-bro)
Edinburgh is morr commonly pronounced “edinbruh”.
Glasgow and Edinburgh are pronounced "Glesca" and "Embra" by their natives but I wouldn't recommend it to others.
I've heard some Americans pronounce it "Edin-bo-ro" which is entirely off.