So how do the locals say it? Or should we ask how DID the locals used to pronounce it and has it changed? It was always Ee-yum when I was little!! I remember hearing it pronounced differently on TV recently, but then we know the BBC always get things wrong!! On 13 November 2012 20:17, Thelma Wigley <t.wig@btinternet.com> wrote: > After years of accepting my husband's (ex Belper) pronunciation of Eyam as > "Eeem", I recently heard it said as "I-am" or "I-yam". I look forward to > hearing from anyone out there who can put me right. > > Thelma > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Rose Kelland* www.rosescountryrose.blogspot.com www.livesandtimesofbella.blogspot.com