Message: "How do you pronounce 'Pancras'?"

How do you pronounce 'Pancras'?

by Mena (guest)

7/16/2007, 8:11 PM

Hello, everyone. I'm not a native English speaker, so I can't be sure I read this name correctly. Could anyone please tell me how "Pancras" is pronounced? Specifically, I mean the St Pancras railway station in London. Is it 'pan' rhyming with 'man, tan, ban, ran'? And 'cras' rhyming with 'grass,' pronounced the British way? I really appreciate your help.

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- ABby (abbyg92002)

5/24/2022, 12:38 PM

sounds like pancreas, but i think like pan-kris?

- Anneza +2

7/16/2007, 10:48 PM

More like PAN-cris. The emphasis is on the first syllable - just like the thing you fry the fish in - so the vowel in the second syllable becomes less distinct. The station as a whole (!) would be sin PAN cris, or maybe sint PAN cris. But then the t would be very hard to hear.

- Yousef (guest)

5/15/2022, 10:57 AM

You mean when pronounced st. Pancras with e pronounced?

- Mena (guest)

7/23/2007, 9:02 PM

Thank you Anneza. Your explanation was very clear, and it really helped.

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