How do you pronounce Middlesbrough?

Davey_C said:
How the name came about was mentioned by suzi dent on countdown recently something to do with hills
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Middle settlement between Durham and Whitby for the monks ?

Anyway as someone who works with Londoners I constantly get asked about how Middlesbarra are doing.
 
Born in Middlesbrough but spent majority of my life in the stockton/norton area
The Burra and middlesbre (the bre bit pronounced like the beginning of breath is the best way I can explain it)
 
Suzi dent 'a borough/brough is originally a place that has a forcified fortress or something that was protected on high ground'
 
I remember back in the day that older blokes used to say Middlesbror - more emphasis on last syllable. I have the opposite, virtually no emphasis on the end, sort of Middlesbr...

Is it just me but I've always found men have a slightly different accent to women in Mbro. Blokes sound more South Durham (with the scouse thrown in) whereas women sound more North Yorkshire. Is that a thing?
 
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