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There’s only one way to pronounce Beauchamp and there ain’t no beach in there.
I’ve always pronounced it “Beecham” – but what do I know?
Apparently Debretts has no idea either:)
http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/surname-pronunciation/bathurst-bolingbroke%5B/quote%5D
So have I, and anyone I’ve ever known.
Maybe in Leyth they pronounce it Bow-Shomp. Nothing would surprise me. ;)[/quote]
Beauchamp is always pronounced as French sounding because it comes from the 2 French words Beau and Champ meaning Beautiful Field! Like this………..
You’d better tell that to the three Beauchamps I have worked with in the past who all pronounced their name Bee-cham. Well, Bee-chum, more accurately.
You’d better tell that to the three Beauchamps I have worked with in the past who all pronounced their name Bee-cham. Well, Bee-chum, more accurately.You tell em, it will be easier! :)
You’d better tell that to the three Beauchamps I have worked with in the past who all pronounced their name Bee-cham. Well, Bee-chum, more accurately.Same here also know a Beauchamp who says it is Bee-chum.
There’s only one way to pronounce Beauchamp and there ain’t no beach in there.
I’ve always pronounced it “Beecham” – but what do I know?
Apparently Debretts has no idea either:)
http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/surname-pronunciation/bathurst-bolingbroke%5B/quote%5D
So have I, and anyone I’ve ever known.
Maybe in Leyth they pronounce it Bow-Shomp. Nothing would surprise me. ;)[/quote]
No matter where you’re from it’s Bow-Sho with an almost silent ‘m’ and a totally silent ‘p’. Anyone with such a name and calling themselves Beecham is trying to Anglicize it so they don’t sound posh or something. Being called Beauchamp and coming from Wigan is a bit like being called Higginbottom and coming from Marseille.
I’m only exiled in the land of lobby, for my sins. I’m actually a WN6er that got promoted/relegated to being a WN7er.
Jason Puncheon Judy is my favourite on this thread. I don’t doubt Sammy Salt’s existence, it’s just a dodgy seaside name but not as rubbish as C Weed :)
Sonny Anderson
Slightly off topic…
I once worked with a girl called Rhoma Twaddle. Instead of sucking it up and calling herself “twod-al” she pronounced it “twad-elle”.
She then married a bloke called Bogg and took the name Bogg-Twaddle. I managed to convince a colleague that she didn’t like the sound of “Bogg” either and therefore wanted to be known as “boge twad-elle”. It was beltin’ when he introduced her accordingly to a room full of visitors.
Cold winter nights, and all that…
Slightly off topic…I once worked with a girl called Rhoma Twaddle. Instead of sucking it up and calling herself “twod-al” she pronounced it “twad-elle”.
She then married a bloke called Bogg and took the name Bogg-Twaddle. I managed to convince a colleague that she didn’t like the sound of “Bogg” either and therefore wanted to be known as “boge twad-elle”. It was beltin’ when he introduced her accordingly to a room full of visitors.
Cold winter nights, and all that…
Jeez, that’s gotta be a nightmare for a girl with an already awkward name, praying when she meets someone they’re gonna be a Smith or a Jones or whatever, then clapping her eyes on a bloke, fancying him like mad and finding out he’s a Bogg! :lol:
I bet they’re on the receiving end of a bit of toilet humour ;)
Slightly off topic…
I once worked with a girl called Rhoma Twaddle. Instead of sucking it up and calling herself “twod-al” she pronounced it “twad-elle”.
She then married a bloke called Bogg and took the name Bogg-Twaddle. I managed to convince a colleague that she didn’t like the sound of “Bogg” either and therefore wanted to be known as “boge twad-elle”. It was beltin’ when he introduced her accordingly to a room full of visitors.
Cold winter nights, and all that…
Jeez, that’s gotta be a nightmare for a girl with an already awkward name, praying when she meets someone they’re gonna be a Smith or a Jones or whatever, then clapping her eyes on a bloke, fancying him like mad and finding out he’s a Bogg! :lol:
I bet they’re on the receiving end of a bit of toilet humour ;)[/quote]
I don’t think either of them are bothered what others say. They’re flush.
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