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How do you pronounce "Calne"
CARN (no hint of an "L")
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CARLN (how I pronounce it)
40%
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CALN ("A" as in "Apple")
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 60%  [ 6 ]
CARRRRRRLN (lots of rolling "Rs"
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pimpdriver
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:31 pm    Post subject: How do you pronounce "Calne"??? Reply with quote
How do you pronounce Calne?

I have heard various local people pronounce it in different ways....
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Although one of my northern friends pronounces it kall-knee
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have always pronounced it C-A-L-N-E. I have heard it called Carn GWR Radio and BBC Wiltshire Radio. I even had a moan to one of the researchers on BBC Wiltshire Radio because they kept getting the pronounciation wrong. Did it help? Did it heck, like! Roll eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Caln... silent e, but I know a few who pronounce it Cane :shock:
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
cal-ne

everything other pronunciation , confuses, or scares me.
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