Bretrick
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The ABC newsreader became a little embarrassed when she pronounced it as Cock - Burn
Perth has a suburb called Cockburn - pronounced Coburn
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jimintoronto
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A Canadian folk musician was named Bruce Cockburn, but pronounced Coburn. JimM.
COCKBURN Name Meaning
Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place
in Berwickshire named Cockburn, from Old English cocc 'cock, rooster
(or the related byname Cocca) + burna 'stream' (see Bourne ).
This surname is traditionally pronounced Coburn.
Mike.
Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place
in Berwickshire named Cockburn, from Old English cocc 'cock, rooster
(or the related byname Cocca) + burna 'stream' (see Bourne ).
This surname is traditionally pronounced Coburn.
Mike.
And if a bloke drinks too much his..... no, I'd better not go there.Yes, it's pronounced Coburn's.
Magna-Carta
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The ABC newsreader became a little embarrassed when she pronounced it as Cock - Burn
Perhaps it's a good thing she doesn't live in the UK, and reporting on Cockermouth:
oldaunt
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I guess its a good thing we only have Toad Suck and Possum Grape here.......
Magna-Carta
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Capt Lightning
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We do spell words properly , well most of us.
JustDave
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See? See? They have brainwashed you.
Magna-Carta
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We might then lose the English language history. Its influences from other languages, from the peoples who invaded England and occupied it. The historical development of the English language, the way in which some sounds change over the centuries.
We would lose all that wonderful etymology and might lose a sense of where we come from. Perhaps Noah Webster has a lot to answer for?
Magna-Carta
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Without the invasions of England, we wouldn't have a use for a thesaurus. And who would want to be without one of them? Different words for the same thing, coming from the invading languages.
A Short History of the English Language
JustDave
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OK, I give up. I can't talk no sense into you guys.
That was a fun watch. I usually don't make it all the way through a longer Utube link.
oldaunt
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The younger generations have already done a lot of that for you.
fuzzybuddy
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Well, if the people, who live in Cockburn, don't like the name as it is spelled, they can change it. Until then, tourists and visitors are going to call it Cockburn, and not Coburn. If locals call Cockburn, Flugenheinmerville, it's still "Cockburn" that's written on the signs.