How do you pronounce Pishill?

Started by jpendle, October 24, 2024, 07:55:27 PM

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jpendle

Just read an article in the Grauniad about this village in Oxfordshire.

Suggestions please.

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Quote from: jpendle on October 24, 2024, 07:55:27 PMJust read an article in the Grauniad about this village in Oxfordshire.

Suggestions please.

John P
Apparently if you type in google theres a note and a short clip sounds like official with the P replacing O and about the nicest way of saying it
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chrism

According to the phonetic guide on Wikipedia, it's Pishle.

The parish council website says that the name comes from the old English 'peose-hyll', the hill where peas grow.

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