Strangely pronounced words in english???

Question

can sum1 tell me sum strangely pronounced words in british english ?? i need sum for a paper that im writing...i cud really use some help.....

for eg:often...(pronounced as offen..)

any other egs..??

Answer 1

Phlegm (flem)

Answer 2

Some place names in England are rather enigmatic:

Gloucester - pronounced Gloster

Bicester - pronounced Bister

And the name St-John - pronounced "Sinjen"

Answer 3

eunuch

Answer 4

Anything ending in ough.

Cough, rough, dough, bough, enough

Answer 5

queue

...so many letters although the first one could do the job alone. weird.

Answer 6

Recipe, pronounced "rè-si-pi" instead of "ri-sàip"

Realm = "rèlm" instead of "rìolm"

Answer 7

Yacht.