Talk:Gillingham, Wisconsin

Pronunciation
How is the name pronounced? I ask because there are two towns in England with this name, but one is pronounced and the other is. Beorhtwulf (talk) 14:30, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I am pretty rusty on my pronunciation verbage, but I will do my best as a Wisconsin resident to write it. I would pronounce the first part similar to the part of a fish and the second syllable as the pork product. I have also heard the second syllable pronounced with what I would best describe as a silent "H". Cheers and happy editing! -- Dolotta (talk) 00:48, 19 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you, that's clear enough that I can safely say your first option would be in IPA, which would be expected in American English, similar to how the H in "Birmingham" is pronounced in the city in Alabama and silent in the city in England. Your second option will be either  (probably) or  (maybe) depending on what people do with the vowel in the final syllable if they drop the H. Beorhtwulf (talk) 12:18, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I think I was intending for the former on the second pronunciation. If your interested in a more linguistic perspective than I can give, the articles North-Central American English and Inland Northern American English might help. Wisconsin is on the border of both dialects so you hear a good mixture of both.