>>>>Imho, the finest word in the english language is the word 'colonel'. Since when is 'olo' prounounced as 'er'? Is there another word that uses that concept? Should I be saying 'hergraph', or 'hertov cocktail'? How about pleading 'ner contendere', or getting on a horse to play 'per'? ;)
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>>>Surely this is part of the British linguistic laziness that makes "Worcester" be "Wooster" and so forth.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Yes, pronouncing Cholmondeley as Chumly cracks me up.
>How DO you pronounce it?

Apparently, 'Chumly' is correct, so, spelling it 'Cholmondeley' means that 'ol' is pronounced 'u' and we are left with the extraneous letters 'o', 'n', 'd' and two extraneous 'e's.

I think this could all be solved if our respective governments started taxing extraneous letters.