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Jarasy
in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •There was this old duke who, a bit sloshed at the time, was handed a bottle of a new type of condiment for his beef. He looked at the bottle suspiciously and slurred, "Hey. Wuss dishere sauce?" Rather than make their boss look bad the servants just said, "Yep." and the name stuck.
Historical fact. I've done my research.
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •My AI says: The pronunciation of "Worcestershire" varies, but the most widely accepted and correct pronunciation, especially in British English and for the sauce, is "Woo-stuh-sheer".
Reader's Digest says: So youβll start the word off by saying βwoosterβ and finish with the British βshire,β as in βWoostershire.β
Stackexchange has someone saying "Ironically, a person from Worcestershire would most likely say something like /ΛwΚstΙrΚΙr/ "
Not seeing anywhere with just the wooster 2 syllables.
Andrew Pam
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •UK person here... Worcester is a city, lacks the 'shire' both in spelling and pronunciation. Worcestershire is a county, has the 'shire' both in spelling and pronunciation. Worcestershire sauce is a condiment... and the label spells it in full, and I pronounce it in full. But Wikipedia suggests that some don't.
I might also call it Lea & Perrins.
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •Navies have similar words.
forecastle
boatswain
Sometimes the people to whom a name pertains pronounce it differently from everyone else. The capital city of South Dakota is Pierre. The people who live there pronounce it Pear.
I've heard that the Nez Perce (a native American ethnic group) pronounce it nezz peersee. Of course it's the French that gave them that name. They call themselves nimΓipuu.
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •Them English and their place names!!
I worked in the Surrey town of Godalming - a very pretty town. But when I first arrived the agent at the rail ticket office refused to sell me a ticket, he claimed that the place I was asking for did not exist.
I was saying "God-all-ming". I pointed at the map. He said "Oh, you mean 'Got-ul-ming'. He sold me a ticket only after I was able to demonstrate that I got the pronunciation right.
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •And if I'm not mistaken. that advert was also Fry and Laurie!
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