BYB pondered: I have been given to understand that in the UK, this is pronounced Marchbanks, like Cholmondly is pronounced Chumly.

Precisely. I got caught out a couple of times when I first came to Wellington, because I had been taught that it was pronounced "marshbanks". Only no one in Wellington had ever heard of it. When I wrote it down, hey presto! they all knew where I was talking about.




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