Slaugham - how is it pronounced?

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This has always stumped me. I only ever see the sign on that snakey bit of the A23 and never visited. Anyway, is it SLORM or SLOFFOM or SLARM or SLOCKEM or SLAWHEM or some other way?

 

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Struggling for breath at the top of the stairs

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Slaffem.

Mate lives there.

 

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Sloffum

 

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Pot noodles for everyone said:

SLOFFOM

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This.

 

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I've heard it called Sluffum, by someone who lived there.

 

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Slaffum - Grandad was born there

 

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Cheers. So it is Sluffem or Slaffem or Sloffem depending how strong your old mid-Sussex accent is. I think I'll go for Sluffem. It works best for my Brighton accent.

 

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Slafhem

 

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Just to add to the general chorus of 'Slaffem'. I work there on occasion.

 

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On the same road - what about Warninglid? I always though the 'lid' was pronounced like 'saucepan lid', but some more snobby types say it's pronounced more as 'warning - glide', despite the absence of the magic 'e' at the end.

 

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While we're at it - is Offham pronounced 'OFF'M' or 'OAFF'M'?

 

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Oving is Ooving

Wrotham is Rootem

 

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Brnovea'byan.

 

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The Large One said:

While we're at it - is Offham pronounced 'OFF'M' or 'OAFF'M'?

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Oaf'm.

 

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Is SE25 London pronounced Crystal Palace or Shithole?

 

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And why is Cuckfield pronounced Cookfield?

 

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pasty said:

And why is Cuckfield pronounced Cookfield?

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so that it doesnt rhyme with uckfield

 

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Southstandfaithful said:

Slaffum - Grandad was born there

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This is the correct one. My family are buried there (three generations) I was resident for 45 years.

 

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pasty said:

And why is Cuckfield pronounced Cookfield?

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its named after the cuckoo