Indeed! Whenever I run into a tourist in London looking Lei-ces-ter Square, I can't help correcting…

British English speakers who seem so incensed over ‘abrdn’ should take a look in the mirror and remember how our American cousins tend to pronounce Gloucester, Worcester and many other words that are spelled nothing like they are pronounced which, btw, does not help those with reading difficulties or learner readers.
Dropping the vowels
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Mario López-Goicoechea
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Apr 27, 2021
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Indeed! Whenever I run into a tourist in London looking Lei-ces-ter Square, I can't help correcting them. :-)
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Written by Mario López-Goicoechea
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London-based, Cuban writer. Author of “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner” https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6886/9781528994293 https://acubaninlondon.medium.com/membership
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