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For all native English speakers, this is how the rest of us feel about any words in English

Is that the one pronounced "Wooster"?

There was a YouTube video I watch ages ago and it explained it pretty well.

The differences depends on who settled the town. Roman, Saxon, or Viking

I have American friends who couldn't pronounce it. it was always some variant of "Glow-kester-sheer" but tbh I can't blame them, the spelling doesn't do the pronunciation justice 😂

In his comments on the Jeeves & Wooster series Stephen Fry talked a bit about English family names. Among others, he said Mainwaring is pronounced "Mannering", and Cholmondeley is "Chumley".

Glaw-stuh-shur, correct?

When I was on vacation with my father in Scotland we wanted to see the highland games in Glenisla. We needed directions or needed to know the exact date when they'd take place or so, so we went to some tourist information. That poor girl there had no idea what we wanted when we asked about glennis-law. But she soon figured out that we meant glen-ila.

The highland games were awesome, btw!

omg I know the feeling. had someone in college named this and I pronounced it the same way until she corrected me and I was so sorry 😭 an apology to Siobhans everywhere!

Yeah, and apparently it's the Irish equivalent of fucking "Joan" or similar. JFC.

For me it's, Saoirse

I have to look it up every time I see it.

I used to have a work friend named Siobhan and when I'd come home I'd mention her to my partner. Sometimes I would text him about her. He fully thought these were two different people for like a year.

Same here. One of my favorite bit-part actors is Siobhan Fallon, who played the wife of "Egger" in Men in Black. She absolutely stole the few scenes she was in. I didn't know I was mispronouncing her name for years.

came here to say literally THIS name haha, crazy

"Hors d’oeuvre”. funnily not pronounced “horse divorce”.

That's a new one and I love it I like calling them "hours devours" which also adds in a non-existing consonant.

How's Chongqing pronounced?

Seer-shuh I think

Some friends named their kid this, but we moved right before the kid was born.

It's been years, and many Zoom calls. Still no idea how to say it

Sershaw ?

Nguyen

'N when did you find out?

Isn't X just like a muted "sh"?

Are you combining it in your head with Kristen or Kierstin?

Team Jizz Lane

I did so too but that's because I knew an actual Ghislaine who pronounced her own name like "djizlaine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKoWLSyxz4

I thought it was yee-row.