The most commonly mispronounced place names in Liverpool and Merseyside

2023-07-11 846

Kirkby, Wavertree and Childwall - what do all these places have in common? They're just a few of the most commonly mispronounced areas in Merseyside. Now train operator Northern have joined the debate and are claiming that Liverpudlians themselves led them to get the pronunciation of South Liverpool suburb Mossley Hill completely wrong. There are many place names that do catch visitors out and some that even locals themselves struggle with. We've been on the streets of Liverpool to hear some of the most unusual pronunciations and find out what you struggle with yourselves.