Maudlin, Kingston Bagpweez.. and other mispronounced local place names
Insights agency Perspectus Global recently surveyed 2,000 British people about the mispronunciations they found most irritating. Top came “pacifically” when they meant “specifically” followed by “probly” instead of “probably”. "Artick" for Arctic and "expresso" for espresso were also hated mispronunciations. Here’s some local place names people keep saying all wrong. Magdalen College Wrong: Mag-duh-lin Right: Maud-lin. College president Anthony Smith explained to the Oxford Mail in 1999: “In the late Middle Ages when this college was built she was a great saint...
Source: thisisoxfordshire.co.uk