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Yeah I jut looked up some examples from this list <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49813249> starting with 'Frome'.

The first video hit had someone pronouncing it rhyming with 'home' when it's meant to be "Froom".

Ok, so it got 'Ballachulish' from a video specifically about Scottish Gaelic. (As an aside - how is 'Omagh' difficult?)

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> As an aside - how is 'Omagh' difficult?

Same way as every other English word - the spelling seems unrelated to the pronunciation.

I've never heard this word. Is the 'gh' part pronounced as in though or as in tough?

The gh is silent.

Neither!

> English word

Oops! Hah. It's a town in Northern Ireland.

Actually it had not occurred to me that the gh is silent. Guess when you know how to say a word it's 'obvious' when of course it's not

Pronounce as follows: say "Oh mah gawd" then elide the "gawd".

Unless you are in my city, where it is Frome like home. It's probable the whole city is wrong, since the namesake is British, but no one will recognize a Froom street.

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