I watched an episode of QI on Dave the other day so I know it's pronounced Fan-shaw. Do I win a prize??

David H

: The “Yankee clock peddlers” managed to “stick up a
: clock in every cabin in the western country,” reported George
: William Featherstonhaugh, an English geographer who visited the
: States.

: And I suspect not a single one of them had any idea how to
: pronounce Featherstonhaugh.... hint, not even close to
: how it's written.