Talk:Cheltenham

Pronunciation

It's [tʃɛlt.ən.əm]: three syllables, not two. Even that would probably be considered a slack/casual pronunciation; I've heard [tʃɛlt.ən.həm] and even [tʃɛlt.ən.hæm]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.53.241 (talk) 14:15, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

No, definitely two syllables. At most.

--MartinChelt (talk) 13:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Three syllables is the correct pronunciation as dictated by the rules of language language. There are three clearly defined syllables and this is the correct prounounciation.

Maj.Barton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maj.Barton (talk • contribs) 16:10, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Two syllables. I've heard it called all sorts of things - mostly by people that don't live anywhere near it - but it is "CHELT-num", for want of a better way of putting it. Not "CHELT-en-um", or "CHELT-en-ham", or "chelt-en-HAM", just easy ol' "CHELTnum".

Council control

The control of Cheltenham Borough Council is given as NOC, but it's actually a majority Lib Dem administration now. Since the elections in May 2010, the composition has been LD 25, Con 12, People Against Bureaucracy (PAB) 3. The leader is Cllr. Steve Jordan. I'm not technically adept enough to edit this as it isn't simple text so I'll leave that to someone more competent!

See https://democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0

--MartinChelt (talk) 13:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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