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Teasel’s Tudor Trivia – 19 December – Pronouncing Tudor and British names

Thumbnail image from my 19th December Teasel's Tudor Trivia video

British place names and surnames can be rather tricky and can catch you out if you're not careful. For example, how do you pronounce Belvoir Castle or the name Cholmondeley? Teasel and I share some examples of some rather counter-intuitive pronunciations in today's video.

I went into this topic in more detail in a two part series of Claire Chats video talks:

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