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  • You look at a station name

  • You have no idea how to pronounce it

  • Welcome to London!

  • I'm going to show you the top 5 mispronounced station names in London

  • and then I'm going to show you a tool

  • to find out the pronunciation of any station in London

  • So here are the top 5

  • number 1

  • looks like

  • but it's actually

  • number 2

  • looks like

  • but it's actually

  • number 3

  • looks like

  • but it's actually

  • Greenwich

  • number 4

  • looks like

  • but it's actually

  • now a lot of people will pronounce the L in London and say

  • but the so-called standard pronunciation is:

  • number 5

  • looks like

  • but it's not

  • this actually has a few different pronunciations

  • the first part we can pronounce as:

  • or we can pronounce as:

  • and then the second part we can pronounce as:

  • or:

  • so then we have four pronunciations that we can say:

  • yeah

  • these station names are tricky to pronounce

  • and that's why I created a free tool on my website

  • to find out the pronunciation of any station name in London.

  • when you're there you can search for a station

  • and listen to the audio

  • you can play the recording again

  • see the IPA symbols which tell you the pronunciation

  • and there are a few tips below.

  • you can also browse tube lines and find a station

  • plus you can look at popularly mispronounced stations

  • are there any stations that you simply just don't know how to pronounce?

  • well, use my website

  • and comment below to let me know which are the hardest station names in London to pronounce

  • Mind the gap!

You look at a station name

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