Fonetika 3: 38. The “schwa” in names

a) Endings in names

Amelia
Margaret
Olivia
Ava
Deborah
Isla
Barbara
Jessica
Richard
Isabella
Mia

b) Counties in the UK ending in “-shire”

Yorkshire
Lancashire
Cheshire
Lincolnshire
Wiltshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
Hampshire
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Staffordshire

c) Places ending in “-mouth”

Portsmouth
Bournemouth
Plymouth
Yarmouth
Dartmouth
Weymouth
Portsmouth
Exmouth
Sidmouth
Cockermouth
Eyemouth

d) Places ending in “-ford”

Bradford
Oxford
Bedford
Hereford
Stafford
Hertford
Dartford
Guildford
Chelmsford

 e) Places ending in “-borough”

Attleborough
Bromborough
Desborough
Gainsborough
Loughborough
Marlborough
Mexborough
Scarborough
Southborough

f) Places ending in “-ham”

Birmingham
Buckingham
Nottingham
Durham
Gillingham
Corringham
Evesham
Immingham
Kirkham

g) St.

St. James
St. George
St. Luke’s
St. Pancras
St. Agnes
St. John’s Wood
St. Paul’s
St. Owens Cross