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Sigh Apr 2018 1:37pm, 7 Apr 2018 1,510 posts	Quote Pin Sigh My friend Paul was at Loughborough Uni in the 90's, studying drama. He assured me that some of the Americans on the course had initially pronounced it 'Lew-ghee-burrew-ghee'.
Carpathius Apr 2018 1:43pm, 7 Apr 2018 14,085 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius I can understand that it's hard to pronounce for foreigners, but how the hell did they arrive at that?
Sigh Apr 2018 1:57pm, 7 Apr 2018 1,511 posts	Quote Pin Sigh It's second-hand info to me Carps, so I'm skeptical.
Velociraptor Apr 2018 2:04pm, 7 Apr 2018 38,068 posts	Quote 1 pin Velociraptor [I think that pronunciation makes total sense and should be universally adopted, even if it's made up.]
fraggle Apr 2018 2:09pm, 7 Apr 2018 1,544 posts	Quote Pin fraggle [heard an Aussie call it loo-gaa-baroo-gah once ]
Carpathius Apr 2018 4:47pm, 7 Apr 2018 14,087 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius [Isn't that a dance?]
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2018 5:28pm, 7 Apr 2018 2,936 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend [Loughborough does have a Loogabarooga Festival loogabarooga.co.uk ]
NDWDave Apr 2018 8:09pm, 7 Apr 2018 6,428 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave [Southampton is apparently Sue-Tam-Ton to French people. There is also a Versailles in America which the locals pronounce Ver-Sales]
Duchess Apr 2018 8:55pm, 7 Apr 2018 7,771 posts	Quote Pin Duchess I spent most of my first four decades within a few miles of Loughborough, nothing would surprise me as to how it can be mispronounced. I've heard both of the above and more besides.
WA Apr 2018 9:32pm, 7 Apr 2018 5,381 posts	Quote Pin WA [Tosses a scone into the conversation]