Shepreth pronunciation

[backontrack]

Hi all.

Please could someone knowledgeable help me in my endeavours to properly pronounce Shepreth?
Is it SHEP-wreth or SHEE-pruth? Or possibly even she-PRETH, or shee-preeth?

Many thanks,

-backontrack

 

[bramling]

Hi all.

Please could someone knowledgeable help me in my endeavours to properly pronounce Shepreth?
Is it SHEP-wreth or SHEE-pruth? Or possibly even she-PRETH, or shee-preeth?

Many thanks,

-backontrack

Never heard anything other than the first of those.

 

[randyrippley]

when I lived round there the locals said "shep-reth" with the emphasis on the first e

 

[NSE]

It’s Shep-ruff. If that makes sense. Well, ‘-ff’ or ‘-th’ depending on wevver your a Landanar

 

[backontrack]

Ah, great, thanks

 

[Ianno87]

when I lived round there the locals said "shep-reth" with the emphasis on the first e

That's my understanding too. CIS sometimes equally emphasise both 'e's both I don't think that's the true pronunciation.