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Wor-chester-shire *
thanks I hate it.
Ah come on, this isn’t even a tough one. Try the local pronunciations of Wymondham or Garboldisham instead.
See also: Frome, Beauchief, Alnwick, and basically anywhere in Wales
See also: Frome
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Hey, bringing in Wales is really moving the goalposts now, innit?
And Leominster.
Welsh and Icelandic are enough for me, thanks
I know Wymondham but I'm going to have to look up Garboldisham.
What about Towcester, Bicester, and Happisburgh...? 😏
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"Toaster", "Bister", and "Hays-bruh".
I've been to Worcestershire (pronounced wooster-sher) recently.
Sadly, this is the latest news out of there.
https://goodlawproject.org/reforms-new-transphobic-ban-in-worcestershire/
Yeah. Sometimes this place can suck.
Woostersure, Lester, Eddinbruh... bri'ish names r funny
South-WAAARK
Bicester (pronounced 'bister')
whore-chest-er-sheer
Worst-shure.
(I know there are like at least 5 different ways to say it depending on what dialect you are going with, but I think the above is 'wrong' by all of them, lol)
Bertram
I'm just calling it Wooster.
At least it's not some Welsh abomination.
Fortunately, you can pronounce it as it's spelled and to anyone who takes exception, you can point to how it's spelled as defense.
Which is why, though foyer in French is pronounced "foi-ay", when any English speaker pronounces it as "foy-er" I won't mention it. And, of course, unless you're a native French speaker (and probably even if you are), many French will correct your pronunciation of any word, so don't even try to speak French to a French person. Just Speak German, instead. Also, for some reason, it doesn't matter if a French person butchers English, it only matters, and very much so, if an English speaker butchers French. I adore French people BTW.
It's called a cognate, they're allowed to pronounce it differently because it is technically a different word in a different language, even if it has the same meaning.