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Originally posted by Sir_Tainly:
Well said Moiraine, I guess going on the pronounciation its easy to see why soldiers in world war one called Ypres "wipers". Ypres isn't so easy in English 
Still the problem remains in English where even we pronounce our own place names differently to there spelling e.g. Worcester
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Usually, after a long while of mispronouncing, the written name changes to adjust to the spoken name. (Like "Ottawa"
or "Grenoble"
).
I am willing to bet that "Worcester" will be spelled differently in a century or two - alas, I won't be there to collect the prize ...
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