Pronounce British Town Names Correctly yt

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3DfunCCoIQ

I never realized just how many syllables in SO MANY words (old town names mostly) are skipped in British style English. 

• worcestershire pronunciation
• salisbury pronunciation
• Birmingham
• Nottingham
• Durham
• Buckingham

Ton =~ Town some say

• Brighton -- use the schwa sound
• Southampton
• Luton

-wich = "ich"

• Norwich
• Greenwich
• West Bromwich

-cester = "stuh"

• Leiscester = "lester" in American I would say or "lestuh" in Brit
• Gloucester
• Worcester = "wuh stuh" in Brit and the difficult "wer ster" in American.