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[Opinions] Keighley
Sorry to post yet again but I just read this, its wierd because its the name of my town.Im assuming its prononced Kay-leigh ( or something like that)
But in Keighley its prononced Keith-Lee. Anyway just curious what you thought of it.
MJ

Nomatophobia always has me wondering
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We say Kay-lee, this is my sister's name :):)
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Pronounced, kei-lee. Well, that's how I pronounce it anyways. I have two friends called Kayleigh. Much prettier.
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Keighley- Keith-lee sounds like a town (I spent most of my childhood in the Tyne and Wear area, but I don't think it's an accent thing- Yorkshire doesn't usually turn gh into th), but if I saw Keighley in the context of a name, then I'd probably try Key-lee (Keely) first.sa
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For me it is a last name (i know someone who has this as a last name)
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My first guess would probably be KEY-lee. Like rhyming with Leigh. But KAY-lee makes sense too.Keith-lee though, how odd. I would never put a "th" sound in there.
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I don'tknow where you read it, but it looks like a varieation on Kailey/Caleigh/Kaileigh
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I take it since she said "but in Keighley" that Keighley is a town. Since Leigh can be spelled with the "eigh" as "ee" I would say Keighley as kee-lee. It's possible that the "th" sound is just the local accent... seeing as it's in West Yorkshire, I want to say it's the accent :) Not like Leicester (which is les-ter for those who don't know) which has a weird pronunciation but it's the same pronunciation everywhere.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"

- 'Home', Michael Buble
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Yes lol its our accent
MJ

Nomatophobia always has me wondering
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Not really....I'm from Scotland and living in Newcastle, and I saw Keith-lee. It's just what it's called.
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