You look at a station name
You have no idea how to pronounce it
Welcome to London!
I'm going to show you the top 5 mispronounced station names in London
and then I’m going to show you a tool
to find out the pronunciation of any station in London
So here are the top 5
number 1
looks like
but it's actually
number 2
looks like
but it's actually
number 3
looks like
but it's actually
Greenwich
number 4
looks like
but it's actually
now a lot of people will pronounce the L in London and say
but the so-called standard pronunciation is:
number 5
looks like
but it's not
this actually has a few different pronunciations
the first part we can pronounce as:
or we can pronounce as:
and then the second part we can pronounce as:
or:
so then we have four pronunciations that we can say:
yeah…
these station names are tricky to pronounce
and that’s why I created a free tool on my website
to find out the pronunciation of any station name in London.
when you're there you can search for a station
and listen to the audio
you can play the recording again
see the IPA symbols which tell you the pronunciation
and there are a few tips below.
you can also browse tube lines and find a station
plus you can look at popularly mispronounced stations
are there any stations that you simply just don't know how to pronounce?
well, use my website
and comment below to let me know which are the hardest station names in London to pronounce
Mind the gap!