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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Worcestershire

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I believe it's pronounced "wstr"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Close, that's Worcester. Worcestershire is "wstrshr"!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Woosta! :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Wuss-ter

Wuss-ter-sheer

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The whole word is silent

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

sauce?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

That one isn't silent

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And nearby Leominster

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Lemon Stir

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And Cirencester

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

and Towcester ("toaster")

Map Men have a few more examples

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sern Stir?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's pronounced "siren sester".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“-cester” is usually pronounced “stir”, I’d assume then “Sir In Stir” if I got the first part wrong

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's English. The only rule is that actually in some cases the rules are different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Wash your sister sauce

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

There's a Worcester in Massachusetts, local pronunciation rhymes with sister (which is in turn said like "sista")