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How do you pronounce Charlton?

ChizzChizz
in General Charlton
Prompted by some interesting posts by - among others - @Baldybonce and @iainment on @AFKABartram 's "Amazing Grace" thread, I wondered if anyone could produce the definitive pronunciation of "Charlton" in type.

Lots of people - northerners, usually - make an effort to pronounce it, but get it horribly wrong. I wince every time I hear "Charton" or worse still "Chorlton".

It's obviously not "Charlton", because, frankly, why would anyone ever bother with the "t"? And the ending isn't "...on", it's more "...ern", isn't it?

For me, there are two ways:

- The two-syllable version, which is "Chow'ern" (where "chow" is a bit like the word "foal").
- And the three-syllable pronunciation "Chee-ow'ern".

Anyone got any better means of expressing it, in type?
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  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Charl-lun
  • addicksonaddickson
    Callumcafc said:

    In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.

    Well "i" wouldn't make sense :wink:
  • ChizzChizz
    se9addick said:

    Callumcafc said:

    In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.

    Irrelevant, Charlton isn't in Kent, you might as well tell us how they pronounce it in Botswana.
    Might have to get the CL "this place is/isn't in Kent/London" correspondent, @Henry Irving to adjudicate on this.
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Or Charton if you heard me once in the Athur Waite aged about 16 starting up the Give us a C chant and being so paranoid about forgetting to do the deeper sounding T that I left out L all together.
  • charltonkestoncharltonkeston
    edited July 2017
    I say it without a T and with a bit of a W and finish it of with an UN, my son pronounces it correctly.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Chizz said:

    se9addick said:

    Callumcafc said:

    In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.

    Irrelevant, Charlton isn't in Kent, you might as well tell us how they pronounce it in Botswana.
    Might have to get the CL "this place is/isn't in Kent/London" correspondent, @Henry Irving to adjudicate on this.
    Brum-lee or Brom-lee
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  • MacronateMacronate
    MrOneLung said:

    Or Charton if you heard me once in the Athur Waite aged about 16 starting up the Give us a C chant and being so paranoid about forgetting to do the deeper sounding T that I left out L all together.

    Was that you?
  • _MrDick_MrDick
    edited July 2017
    Every Sarf Lunderner knows it's chowtern
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Cheltenham according to some people when they ask who I support.
  • NicholasNicholas
    Ffs @Nicholas what possessed you to open this thread you bloody idiot.
  • charltonkestoncharltonkeston
    About 30 years ago in Thailand a local asked me what team I supported. I tried hard to make him understand Charlton but he kept saying Chelsea. Probably the worst pronunciation I've ever heard but understandable considering my accent.
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    Roland or cnut.
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  • SOTFSOTF
    Doesn't matter how I pronounce Charlton, everyone seems to think I support Chelsea.
  • C_A_F_CC_A_F_C
    SurvivaloftheFittest said:

    Doesn't matter how I pronounce Charlton, everyone seems to think I support Chelsea.

    Stop going around whistling Blue is the Colour then.
  • BaldybonceBaldybonce
    Chultun

    and there's no such place as Victoria way. It's Vicky way.
  • CAFCsayerCAFCsayer
    Chowt-on
  • J BLOCKJ BLOCK
    Chaww ernnnn
  • Crusty54Crusty54
    edited July 2017
    se9addick said:

    Callumcafc said:

    In Kent we say it proper. That includes pronouncing the t.

    Irrelevant, Charlton isn't in Kent, you might as well tell us how they pronounce it in Botswana.
    it used to be (why Kent CCC used to play at the The Rectory Field). My parents were married at St. John's Church, Blackheath in the County of Kent.
  • BaldybonceBaldybonce
    J BLOCK said:

    Chaww ernnnn

    only if you're halfway through having a wisdom tooth removed.
  • Mr. HappyMr. Happy
    Ciao'n
  • sillav nitramsillav nitram
    For me, it all depends on the state of play.

    For instance, if we've just conceded a goal, I normally pronounce it, Wan Kers.
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