Talk:Romney

Pronunciation

According to John C. Wells’s Longman pronunciation dictionary (and other authorities), the name Romney has two different pronunciations:

1) ['rʌmni], i. e. as if it were written "Rumney" –with the vowel sound of cup; and

2) ['rɔmni], "rOmnee" (British English –with the vowel sound of dog), or ['ra:mni], "rAAmni" (American English –with the vowel sound of start).

It seems (but I’m not quite sure) that both pronunciations are used in Britain, but only the second (['ra:mni], "rAAmni") in American English.

Does anybody know how the name of Romney (West Virginia) is pronounced (locally)?

I think this would be an interesting piece of information.

Many thanks. Thomas 87.3.26.213 20:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

According to the pastor of the Romney Presbyterian Church, the town's name is pronounced in the second mode (like "dog"). Raymondwinn (talk) 19:16, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 1 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 01:55, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

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Romney (disambiguation) → Romney – WP:RECENTISM aside, I don't mind considering recent events when thinking of how to navigate the encyclopedia. At this time three years ago, sure, I think enough people searching "Romney" wanted Mitt Romney. But at this point, I don't think he's WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, certainly in the sense of "long-term significance... substantially greater enduring notability and educational value". George Romney the painter, for one, will still be a topic of scholarly study for many decades, if not centuries, to come. And there are plenty of other prominent people and other uses on this page, especially in England. --BDD (talk) 17:56, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

• Support - the island if anything. Who is Mitt Romney? In ictu oculi (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support. While Mitt Romney is quite prominent, I don't think that in the long term he's the unambiguous primary topic of "Romney". Even in the subfield of American politics, his father would be close behind - and there is more than just American politics to consider. The previous usage was correct at the time, but not permanently so. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 22:54, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support, obviously. (That, and I noticed that the disambiguation was moved from the ambiguous title to the "(disambiguation)" title and the leftover redirect targeting Mitt Romney in May 2012... when he was running for president... So... Hmm...) Steel1943 (talk) 23:22, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

I don't think there was anything wrong with that change during the Presidential election cycle. Most people would have been looking for Mitt Romney at the time. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 00:10, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, it made sense, but even with that, it might not have ever been a worldwide opinion, kind of attributing to In ictu oculi's "Who is Mitt Romney?" statement above. Steel1943 (talk) 00:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

• Support. Nothing prominent enough to be a primary redirect. Not the former candidate, and certainly not some dinky little island, as was sort-of suggested above. Egsan Bacon (talk) 15:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support. To British people Romney refers to several places on the South Coast, not to an American politician. No clear primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support. Romney is no Kennedy, and even that doesn't redirect to JFK. With respect to Mitt, he's not Lincoln. Hmmm, and even that's a DAB. Ridiculous. Move the DAB as proposed. Andrewa (talk) 12:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support per nom. bd2412 T 14:34, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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