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| − | Two places in Britain are called identically '''Foulness''', but | + | Two places in Britain are called identically '''Foulness''', but they are pronounced differently, denote different geographical features, and have different [[etymology|etymologies]]. |
*The '''river Foulness''', which runs roughly north-south and enters the Humber estuary, via the Market Weighton canal, at Brough, is pronounced 'FOO<sup>l</sup>-nay' ({{IPA|ˈfu<sup>l</sup> neɪ}}), with the '-l-' more or less suppressed. It takes its name - and pronunciation - from its [[Old English]] [[etymological root|root]] ''fūle[n] ēa'', 'dirty water', probably from the staining caused in it by the rust from iron deposits. | *The '''river Foulness''', which runs roughly north-south and enters the Humber estuary, via the Market Weighton canal, at Brough, is pronounced 'FOO<sup>l</sup>-nay' ({{IPA|ˈfu<sup>l</sup> neɪ}}), with the '-l-' more or less suppressed. It takes its name - and pronunciation - from its [[Old English]] [[etymological root|root]] ''fūle[n] ēa'', 'dirty water', probably from the staining caused in it by the rust from iron deposits. | ||
*The <u>island</u> of '''Foulness''' in Essex, on the Thames estuary, is pronounced like the [[common noun]] '''foulness''', but with the stress on the second rather than the first syllable: the island is 'foul-NESS', /faʊl ˈnɛs/; the [[common noun]] 'FOUL-ness', /ˈfaʊl nɛs/. The name of the island was ''fughelnesse'' in [[Old English]], 'headland of fowls [= birds]'. | *The <u>island</u> of '''Foulness''' in Essex, on the Thames estuary, is pronounced like the [[common noun]] '''foulness''', but with the stress on the second rather than the first syllable: the island is 'foul-NESS', /faʊl ˈnɛs/; the [[common noun]] 'FOUL-ness', /ˈfaʊl nɛs/. The name of the island was ''fughelnesse'' in [[Old English]], 'headland of fowls [= birds]'. | ||
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Two places in Britain are called identically Foulness, but they are pronounced differently, denote different geographical features, and have different etymologies.
- The river Foulness, which runs roughly north-south and enters the Humber estuary, via the Market Weighton canal, at Brough, is pronounced 'FOOl-nay' (IPA: /ˈful neɪ/), with the '-l-' more or less suppressed. It takes its name - and pronunciation - from its Old English root fūle[n] ēa, 'dirty water', probably from the staining caused in it by the rust from iron deposits.
- The island of Foulness in Essex, on the Thames estuary, is pronounced like the common noun foulness, but with the stress on the second rather than the first syllable: the island is 'foul-NESS', /faʊl ˈnɛs/; the common noun 'FOUL-ness', /ˈfaʊl nɛs/. The name of the island was fughelnesse in Old English, 'headland of fowls [= birds]'.
- The common noun is simply 'the state of being foul', or 'dirtiness'.
