How is "St Denys" pronounced?

[swt class 450]

Just wondering how is St Denys meant to be pronounced as all of the announcements say it differently?

Phil Sayer and Celia Drummond and Julie Berry all say it as "saint dennies".

Anne Jermy (Atos Anne) says it as "saint dennis".

Amey (dont know her real name) says it as "saint denays".

Does anyone know which of these three different pronounciations is correct?

 

[D60]

And how are they pronouncing "St"..?

Is it "Snt"... or "Saynt"...!?

 

[Phil.]

Saint Denniz and nearby Eastleigh is Eastleigh and not East-leigh.

 

[Lrd]

Saint Dennies

 

[AM9]

Surely it's san-denee as in Saint-Denis in Paris.

 

[swt_passenger]

Saint Dennies

+1.

Another station that some of the SWT announcement systems get wrong is Swaythling, missing the 'L' out...

 

[30907]

Surely Denys/Denis (same saint!) rhymes with Menace?

 

[JN114]

sont den-eese

 

[fgwrich]

+1.

Another station that some of the SWT announcement systems get wrong is Swaythling, missing the 'L' out...

That's one of the reasons why I dislike Celia Drummonds announcements, some stations still sound odd - and it took them a good while to sort out Micheldever, after altering it from Michel-Deaver amongst versions.

The 450s on the Sunday's Poole & Portsmouth splitters can produce another one - Poooole (high voice) and Portsmouth Harbor (low voice).

 

[lyndhurst25]

Surely it's san-denee as in Saint-Denis in Paris.

Debbie Harry agrees. Doo be do...

 

[HowardGWR]

That's one of the reasons why I dislike Celia Drummonds announcements, some stations still sound odd - and it took them a good while to sort out Micheldever, after altering it from Michel-Deaver amongst versions.

The 450s on the Sunday's Poole & Portsmouth splitters can produce another one - Poooole (high voice) and Portsmouth Harbor (low voice).

Are you trying to indicate the latter is pronounced as an American would, or do you just have an American English spell-checker?

 

[swt class 450]

Many thanks for the info. Its amazing that so many TOCs cant get the pronounciations right for their announcements!

 

[fgwrich]

Are you trying to indicate the latter is pronounced as an American would, or do you just have an American English spell-checker?

Nope, that's my latest Windows update changing words for me again! - Should read Harbour.

Incidentally, I've noticed that the PA on the 159s has been updated again. If the train is splitting during it's journey - the front section will display 'For Exeter', while the splitting portion at the rear will display something like 'For Bristol'.

Are there many other stations Celia still manages to mispronounce?

 

[Deepgreen]

Many thanks for the info. Its amazing that so many TOCs cant get the pronounciations right for their announcements!

"Pronunciations! FGW had "BLetchworth" for years until I managed to shame them into changing it!

 

[swt class 450]

"Pronunciations! FGW had "BLetchworth" for years until I managed to shame them into changing it!

Sorry i forgot to check my spelling on that post!

I remember those days of hearing B(l)etchworth! I still have some recordings of it! Did FGW actually ever change it or was it just changed when they replaced Michelle Beazley with Faye Dicker on the 165s and 166s?

 

[HowardGWR]

Nope, that's my latest Windows update changing words for me again! - Should read Harbour.

Incidentally, I've noticed that the PA on the 159s has been updated again. If the train is splitting during it's journey - the front section will display 'For Exeter', while the splitting portion at the rear will display something like 'For Bristol'.

Are there many other stations Celia still manages to mispronounce?

Well Crewkerne is pronounced by the announcers as the junction in Cheshire although we locals say Crook-ern. Of course if you are from some northern county, my attempt at phonetics will sound like Crew- kern anyway. In other words, it should not be 'ooh' but 'ou' as in 'could'. Oh no, some of you say 'cooed' don't you? Am I making sense?

 

[Matt Taylor]

It's definitely Saint Dennies, knowing how to pronounce stations is an integral part of my route knowledge of the Netley road!

 

[Thebaz]

On this, I noted the other day that Southern announcements (either auto or manual) have relocated Salfords to Lancashire. Or perhaps they've always pronounced it wrongly and I'd never before noticed? I suspect the locals have suffered from this since time immemoriam.