Here in Maryland, we have two traditional pronounciations which almost match in unseemliness the ones Brian cited: Baltimore is pronounced something like Balmawr by most of its residents, and Talliafero is pronounced something like Tolliver. I've never encountered the name Featherstonehough, but who among us has not encountered some know-it-all (who also happened to know what he was talking about!) who was glad to tell us how to pronounce the name of Clematis Mrs. Cholmondley - and I'm not referring to the position of the accent on the word Clematis. Jim McKenney