I don't think this is true, but 'adder' was, along ... was reanalysed as 'an adder', hence the modern word. Sebastian. sparrowgrass became asparagus a flutterbt became a butterfly FoggyTown "Sparrowgrass" *comes from*

Who speaks the most gibberish, the worst jargon, the most twisted English and the biggest pile of gobbledegook? For the first time the worst offenders over the past 20 years have their own league table. And guess who's top? When Abraham

It's sometimes pronounced "lee" to rhyme with tree, and sometimes ... I think your example is more usually Chester le Street. But Ashby de la Zouche is d@ l@, and the family name De La Rue is dell@'roo or sometimes 'dell@roo

It seems that quite a few place names in England, ... and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names? It's sometimes pronounced "lee" to rhyme with tree, and sometimes as in the French article. There is a

It seems that quite a few place names in England, if not elsewhere in Britain, have "le" followed by an ... to mind right now is "Chester-le-Street". How is this pronounced, and how are these "le"'s generally