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Old August 27th 08, 02:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Who names new roads?
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message . uk,
at 13:57:00 on Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Colin Rosenstiel
remarked:
Then there is Marylebone....

Seems straightforward to me.

Silent "y". Marr-lee-bone.

I've heard it pronounced in London with a vestigial "y" (or more like "i",
I suppose) too.

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