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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

What's-this-here sauce

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

Don't forget the shire.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Something like Woostuhshuh, apparently, for some reason. 🤨

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I genuinely don't understand why that's so hard for Americans so say.

[–] bdonvr 7 points 1 day ago

It's not a common word for us and the phonetics don't match the pronunciation whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if it's spelled worchestershire, I'm gonna pronounce it worchestershire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I've been saying Worcestershire this whole time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

It's not hard at all. But due to the fact that stealing other people's words and aggressively mispronouncing them seems to be the official British pastime, I don't give a fuck how you pronounce it. I'll pronounce it how it's spelled, or any other way I damn well please.

There are more of us than there are of you. It's our language now, you're an anachronism.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

wooster, as in Jeeves and.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Vor keester sheer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I just like to get on everyone's nerves and call it "that british fish sauce"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

You mean non-brewed condiment?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Worstcheshire

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans hate this one simple trick

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in Australia: West-eh-share.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

As an Australian I've only ever said Woos-ta-sheer

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

How would you say Loughborough?

Lou ga bo ro gah?

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