-erk
要念成-ark, 如Clerk 被念成Clark. Clerkinwell 则念成Clark-in-well.
-shire
代表country. 念成-sher, 如Cambridgeshire 要念成Cam-bridge-sher.
-folk
-folk 要省略元音, 变成f'k. 如Suffolk 念成Suf-f'k.
-mouth
-mouth 念成-muth 或更省略成m'th. 像Portsmouth 则成Port-m'th.
-land
不能照land 来念喔!! 正确应该是念成l'nd. /æ/ 的音要省略. 如Northumberland-- Nor-thum-ber-l'nd.
-burgh
-burgh 和-borough 要念成-burra, 如Edinburgh 念成Edin-burra.
-ham
-ham 在字尾时要念成um, 如Durham 该念成Dur-um
y 在字里
如Derbyshire. /i/ 的音要短又快-- Dar-bi-sher
w
w在字里要发无声. 所以Warwick 就要念成War-ick.
其他的:
Leiceser: 念成Les-ter
Salisbury: 念成Sals-bry
Southwark: 念成Suth-ark
Worcestershire: 念成Wus-ter-sher
St. John: 念成Sin-jin
