...When I told her it was "Siren-sester" (which I bl**dy hope is right, after all that!)...
(Stage whisper) Also known as Sister or Sissiter.
Totnes, I have been firmly told, follows London's pattern of slight emphasis on the first syllable (TOTness), which is inevitably intoned by ATOS Anne as TotNESS instead.
Nearby Dittisham may be Dit-i-shum, Dit-iss-um, Dit-shum, or Ditsum; but I have only heard the local soft fruit referred to in speech as Ditsum Plums.
And a little further south, Aveton Gifford - and its tidal road - can trap the unwary. Ar-ve-ton Gifford? Ar-ve-ton Jifford? Ayv-ton Jifford? Avv-etton Gifford? Avv-etton Jifford? No: generally it's Orton Gifford. Or Orton Jifford.