Talk:Harwich

message: The article claimed this is pronounced haw-RICH. I assume that's wrong, and will change it, but am leaving a note here just in case. kwami 08:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct in changing it. I was raised in Harwich; it's pronounced "ha-rich". The Ha sound is the same as in Harrow. Sometimes the "rich" is more of a "ridge". 90.220.88.167 (talk) 16:24, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, having been brought up there too and recently visited, so have changed the IPA representation accordingly.  The Merriam-Webster pronunciation is written correctly, but in audio - "hair-ridge" - it is an American making a guess. However, "ha-rich" (with "ha" as in "harrow") is the sound everywhere in England:  for the "received pronunciation", I think "mooncow" in Forvo gets it right - Harwich. But, in (harbourside) Harwich itself, the "h" may be dropped and the whole fall between "(h)arr-itch" and "(h)arr-idge". By local legend, a letter addressed to someone in "Arijaba" was correctly delivered to "Harwich Harbour". --Wikiain (talk) 01:43, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I see this issue has cropped up again in a recent edit and revert. I agree with the above - that it's somewhere between "(h)arr-itch" and "(h)arr-idge". I imagine the Merriam-Webster pronunciation may refer to Harwich, Massachusetts. Barnabypage (talk) 17:21, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good sleuthing, Barnabypage. Wikiain (talk) 17:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Grafitti artists have been known to add to the slogan "Harwich for the Continent", the words "Frinton for the incontinent". Nearby Frinton-on-Sea is remarkable for having remained essentially a retirement town. — RHaworth  22:57, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The old jokes are the best ones, eh! Subjectively I'm not so sure that Frinton is that much "older" in population terms than Harwich these days, though. Barnabypage (talk) 00:31, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frinton 

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message: In the header to the image of the High Lighthouse, what if any is the function of "Rear"?  If it has no function, or only a function that would be understood by specialists, it should be removed. Wikiain (talk) 00:06, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Harwich High Lighthouse Range rear"