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Mispronounced Cambridgeshire places: 8 words people from outside Peterborough always get wrong

You may think you’ve visited Oondle but you haven’t.

Whether you live in our wonderful city, or you’ve just simply passed through, it is hard not to notice the number of place names with some strange – often wonderful – pronunciations.

If you’re from a village or street with a difficult-to-say name then the correct pronunciation may come naturally, but for visitors from further afield it can be a little daunting.

Here are 8 of the most commonly mispronounced Peterborough place names, according to our readers - join in the conversation on Facebook.

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