South east London has plenty of funny place names - think Pratts Bottom - but also plenty of towns that often get mispronounced.
Residents on Facebook have shared the funniest ways they have heard their local town or village pronounced.
From the likes of 'Eariff' for Erith, to Meopham as 'me off am', these are the towns most likely to be mispronounced.
Thornton Heath
Facebook user Andy Ward humorously narrated the mispronunciation of Thornton Heath.
He said: "Forton Heaf. For some obscure reason most people pronounce it as Thornton Heath!"
Eltham
Lots of readers mentioned Eltham as a place that is widely mispronounced.
One reader Gina Barker said she has often heard people pronounce "Eltham with a ‘th’ sound".
Greenwich
The borough that is home to Eltham also got a mention, with Facebook users saying they had heard it pronounced wrong.
One resident Ann Elliott said she had heard it mispronounced as "Grinige".
Southwark
Southwark was another commonly mispronounced place name, according to residents.
One resident Claire Cupit said on Facebook: "When I was bus driving I’d have multiple people a day asking if I stop at south-walk station."
Erith - or 'Eariff'
'Ear riff' for Erith, got a lot of reaction on Facebook, as shared by user Jenny Oliver.
This could be down to the south east London accent, with one resident saying: "ITS ONLY EARIFF IF YOU LIVE LOCAL."
But it's not just locally that people are tripping up when pronouncing towns.
A study by language experts at Preply last year highlighted the UK's most tongue-twisting place names.
Frequently tripping up tourists, residents and even Siri, the study drew attention to Bicester, pronounced 'Bi-stuh', and Cholmondeley, properly pronounced as 'Chum-lee'.
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