    Sentence 1; In the. matter of  Pronunciations of BrEng ‘names,  it is an -fashioned fantasy : of  Americans. that Brits go .round  saying POM-frit for: Pontefract  most. Brits that. I have heard give:  the. | name a spelling  pronunciation these days; and so  with many. of the old shibboleths.                    Senterice .2:: Americans perfectly:  understand British accents.