A Conversation for The Lost Duchess, Part I
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SashaQ - happysad Started conversation Aug 2, 2018
A rummy go indeed - thanks for sharing this with us! Amusing and creepy are the words 
I can imagine there are several pronunciations of brougham out there... I would say something like 'brorm'...
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SashaQ - happysad Posted Aug 2, 2018
What were the other pronunciations you encountered? 
I don't always have the 'correct' pronunciations of things but I do find pronunciation fascinating, especially of 'posh' words - I like the TV programme Keeping Up Appearances with Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet) but my favourite is Farquarson-Hough (Fanshaw) 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 2, 2018
Nobody I knew could pronounce it, though we did speculate on on 'bro-ham' or 'broom'. I couldn't find it anywhere. I knew that there was a Lord Brougham, who I think is connected to the carriage type, and I wondered if his name were pronounced anything like 'Broome'.
Aha! Wikipedia says it's pronounced 'broom' or 'brohm', which sounds like either one is right, but then that's Wikipedia....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brougham_(carriage)
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