Harr-Har-Harr; it's no laughing matter

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Permalink Reply by Murry on December 24, 2009 at 19:26

The newest one I've seen banded about is Harringey. Maybe that is a good compromise?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 25, 2009 at 2:06

There are 162 recorded variations in history. Incredibly, a dedicated historian spent 35 years at the start of the last century researching the origins of the name.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on December 25, 2009 at 11:43

Only thirty-five years? Then they barely scratched the surface of this absorbing topic.

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Permalink Reply by Murry on December 25, 2009 at 14:55

"Pupils in local schools at the time were taught that the new borough's name should be pronounced with the ending sounded as in the endings of Finchley, Hackney or Hornsey"


Whaaaat?? Have I been pronouncing the name of my local authority wrong??

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 25, 2009 at 20:16

You say tomatoes........................they still taste the same.

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