Apropos of nothing, Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumley.
Because of course it is. 🤔
In acquiring this factiod, I forced out some useful tidbit that I will probably need after the apocalypse. Dammit.
@Cosmichomicide This was really important in WW2. German spies with otherwise excellent English really struggled to pronounce them and it occasionally blew their cover. There are others like "Menzies" which is pronounced "Mingis".
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I have a friend whose surname is St. John. He gave up correcting years ago, LOL!
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