Leveson-Gower ( / ˈ lj uː s ən ˈ ɡ ɔːr / LEW -sən GOR ), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower , is the name of a historically prominent British noble family . Over time, several members of the Leveson-Gower family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the family include the dukedom of Sutherland , as well as the ancient earldom of Sutherland (created c. 1230) and the earldom of Granville (created 1833). Several other members of the family have also risen to prominence.
5-484: Leveson-Gower is a well-known example of an English surname with counterintuitive pronunciation . The name Leveson is a patronymic from Louis or Lewis . In early modern times it was often rendered Luson : for example, in 1588, Elizabeth I received a letter from the King of Denmark concerning the depredations of Walter Leveson of Lilleshall Abbey , in which he is consistently referred to as Sir Walter Luson . Gower
10-659: Is a locational name, possibly derived from a place so-named in Kent , or from the Gower Peninsula in southern Wales. It could also refer to one of the various towns named Gouy in northern France. The hyphen is used by only some members of the family. (All British ) List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because
15-528: Is pronounced irregularly, italicized pronunciations are uncommon. Exonyms are listed among examples. Waltham , Massachusetts , United States , is / ˈ w ɔː l θ æ m / This list does not include place names in the United Kingdom or the United States , or places following spelling conventions of non-English languages. For UK place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in
20-479: The numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / of Schenectady is not immediately obvious, but neither is it counterintuitive. See Help:IPA/English for guides to the IPA symbols used, and variations depending on dialect. Boldened names indicate place names where only one part
25-418: The spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same). Excluded are
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