The English language contains many words which are pronounced differently from the way in which they are spelled. For example, one might expect
cough to be spelled
koff, and
rough to be spelled
ruff. So why isn't
bluff spelled
blough? The same goes for English surnames which can be a tad bizarre. Here's a list of some strange pronunciations of oddly spelled names. See if you can spot the one I made up.
| Spelled | Pronounced |
| Belvoir | Beever |
| Colquhoon | Co’hoon |
| Cholmondeley | Chumley |
| Featherstonehaugh | Fanshaw |
| Geoghegan | Gaygan |
| Marjoribanks | Marchbanks |
| Ayscough | Askew |
| Wriothesley | Roxley |
| Bethune | Beeton |
| Vacuous Twit | David Cameron |
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