Throw in the county’s dialect and Derbyshire residents’ fondness for shortening place names or giving them nicknames and it’s little wonder that interlopers can get a bit lost.
Here are a few names that can cause confusion….and their correct pronunciations.
1. Place pronunciations
Edensor, Somercotes and Calow are among the Derbyshire place names that are incorrectly pronounced by visitors. Photo: Michael Hardy, Lindsay Colbourne, submitted
2. Alfreton
People living and working in Alfreton may refer to it as olf-reton. However, it's correct pronunciation is alf-reton as the town is named after King Alfred. Photo: Shirley Watson
3. Crich
This is a particularly tough one. How many times have you heard it called crit-ch when it's correct pronunciation is cry-ch? Photo: Google
4. Somercotes
Smirkatease or summer-cotes? The second pronunciation is correct. Photo: National World