How is 'Bath' pronounced?

How is 'Bath' pronounced by most Bath students?

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bath_1

Is it option A or option B?

I found it quite odd when someone used the second one in a conversation on one of my visit days.

I'm not trying to discern which one is correct (it's obviously option A :tongue:

), just which one I might be hearing around campus (if I can actually meet my offer, that is).

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Reply 1

monstercable

12

It's quite debatable actually, but I think the majority say option A. Did you end up firming Bath for economics then? I'm going to be heading to Bath for Econ in September :smile:

Reply 2

marinajelly

10

Whoa crazy, I always thought it was bath not baath, but I guess maybe us brummies say it bath :wink:

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Reply 3

jennywasteslives

5

I would say Bath the northern way (option B) but I assume most people from Bath pronounce it like option A :smile:

Reply 4

DarkWhite

17

How would you say math? Wrath? Towpath?

Reply 5

TSR561

12

Original post by DarkWhite

How would you say math? Wrath? Towpath?

I'd say maths like maths, but path like parth. Wrath is pronounced wroth, come on now.

Reply 6

SocialistIC

8

Original post by Pro Crastination

How is 'Bath' pronounced by most Bath students?

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bath_1

Is it option A or option B?

I found it quite odd when someone used the second one in a conversation on one of my visit days.

I'm not trying to discern which one is correct (it's obviously option A :tongue:

), just which one I might be hearing around campus (if I can actually meet my offer, that is).

If you go to Bath University, you're going to be around a lot of southern, middle class kids who will probably say it like "Barth".

Reply 7

MidnightDream

16

I say it like barrrth :smile:

Bathe.

I've always said Bay-the...

Reply 10

DarkWhite

17

Original post by TSR561

I'd say maths like maths, but path like parth. Wrath is pronounced wroth, come on now.

Wroth?!

Reply 11

hello101010

11

Original post by DarkWhite

Wroth?!

lol strong pronunciation skills

Reply 12

username1331498

16

It is not pronounced 'bath', it is pronounced 'barth'

Barth

Birth.

Original post by DarkWhite

Wroth?!

Yep. Pronouncing it with an 'a' is the American pronunciation. It's just the same sound as 'what,' though. Another one which gets on my nerves is titanium... It's not 'tight-ai-nium' (long I, in other words), it's 'ti-tai-nium' (short I).

Barth.

Barthe Simpson

I pronounce bath as edinburgh.

Reply 19

Georgie_M

13

I am from bath, everyone pronounces it like option A because it is a southern middle class city. Most people I meet from outside of Bath pronounce it like option B though, doesn't really matter no proper way although obviously option A is more BBC English.

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