Buckinghamshire boasts some of the country's most beautiful towns and villages, but as one of the oldest counties, they don't always have the easiest names to pronounce.

There's almost nothing more embarrassing than mispronouncing the tricky place name to a Taxi driver, a colleague - or worse, a local.

Here’s some Buckinghamshire place names that even the locals aren't sure how to say.

Bucks Free Press:

Among the most tormented seemed to be Beaconsfield and Chesham.

Beaconsfield

Lauren Begley vocalised her frustration with Beaconsfield's habitual mispronunciation, stating an all too common mistake: "Beekonsfield for Beaconsfield".

Susan Bailey echoed this as her husband from Oxfordshire says 'bee-con' but she says 'beck-con'. 

Jason Newton recalls, "Always felt Beaconsfield should be pronounced as it's spelled...", the issue stems from the evolution of language and the change in societal language patterns over time.

This grievance echoed through the comments with users including Timothy Smyth, Emma Louise Robins and Sean House resonating the same sentiment.

High Wycombe

Diane Rutland described the mispronunciation of 'High Wycombe' as 'High wycombey'.

Kaliegh Louise Gorle shared a memory stating, "Someone once called High Wycombe, High Wick-om-bay and to this day it still makes me giggle".

Bisham

Katy Donaghue insisted: "Definitely Bisham - should be Biss-am, not Bish-ham" while Sarah Barry and Bethany Craker contributing to the Bisham clarifications.

Flackwell

Surprisingly, Kaliegh Louise Gorle has heard Flackwell being called 'flack-all' and 'frackle'.

Chesham

Janice Talmer says Chesham is pronounced wrong and should be 'Chessum'.

Denise Harper replied to this, adding: "My grandparents always said Chezzum."

Chesham Bois

Is it Chesham Bois or Chesham bwa? 

Medmenham

Is it Medmenham or Mednum?

Totteridge

Is it tot-er-ridge or tott-ridge?