Srg Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 It can be annoying, but the fact is, DERBY reads more like DURBY than DARBY, an E shouldn't sound like an A, I'm sorry. By that token, half the English language would be spoken differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Given that before their war of independence they were essentially british citizens, I wonder when it stopped being Darby and became Durby......?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archram Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My uncle, who lived in Mansfield, always said Durby - mind you, this was in the dark ages as he died in the 1960s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 KERB isn't pronounced KARB. GERBIL isn't pronounced GARBIL. I'm not saying the English language is anywhere near perfect, especially with words like ROUGH, THROUGH, BOUGH etc. I'm just saying that we pronounce DERBY wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I'm just saying that we pronounce DERBY wrong. No we don't. We *spell* it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Lets just call it DERBADOS and have done with ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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