If the Cirencester town council thinks they can shut down the debate over the correct pronunciation of their town name with this, they have another think coming. I will never give in.
I get far more hits at my Salon weblog from queries as to "Cirencester pronunciation" than I do my other topics. Almost every day some poor soul ends up at my site trying to find out the right way to pronounce the name of this beautiful and historic city. Doesn't that tell you something, people of Cirencester?