British place names are famous for ignoring their own letters.
LeicesterLES-ter
Drops the "ices" entirely.
GreenwichGREN-ich
Silent W.
GloucesterGLOS-ter
Same pattern as Leicester and Worcester.
SouthwarkSUTH-uk
London borough — barely any letters survive.
LoughboroughLUFF-bruh
Two "ough" spellings, two different sounds.
CholmondeleyCHUM-lee
One of England's most extreme spelling-to-sound gaps.
BeaulieuBYOO-lee
Norman French roots hiding in a Hampshire village.
TowcesterTOH-ster
Follows the "-cester" pattern like Leicester.
WymondhamWIN-dum
Norfolk town — collapses to two syllables.
SloughSLOW (rhymes with cow)
Not "sluff" or "sloo".
FromeFROOM
Somerset town — rhymes with "room".
AlnwickAN-ick
Northumberland castle town — the L and W vanish.