# Pronunciation of "Gotham"

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**Created:** [January 7, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-gotham/709231 "2015-01-07T16:25:28Z")\
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> [@Thanks for wasting my entire day, Ford! (long car rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-wasting-my-entire-day-ford-long-car-rant/92289/7):
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> e.g. As I understand it, Brits pronounce Nottingham as roughly NOT-Ing-'m. If so, then they’d probably pronounce Gotham as GOTH-'m.

Sorry if I’m being dense: but (my main cause of perplexity), do you mean “Goath [rhyming with ‘both’]”, or “Goth [rhyming with ‘froth’]”, -'m ?

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