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minus-squareMY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours agoDepends on how you pronounce shire. Americans tend to pronounce it like the hobbit place when it’s more like “shuh”.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 hours agoI’m from New Jersey and I pronounce it Wuh-stah-shur. I think that’s reasonably correct?
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI do Woor-cest-er-sure. Also northeast US but a lot less pin downable. I think of it like a slurred “war-chest” sound. But the “C” seems unused by most.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWait, Tolkien was English. He didn’t mean “Shire” to be pronounced like we Americans do it?
Depends on how you pronounce shire. Americans tend to pronounce it like the hobbit place when it’s more like “shuh”.
I’m from New Jersey and I pronounce it Wuh-stah-shur. I think that’s reasonably correct?
I do Woor-cest-er-sure.
Also northeast US but a lot less pin downable. I think of it like a slurred “war-chest” sound. But the “C” seems unused by most.
Wait, Tolkien was English. He didn’t mean “Shire” to be pronounced like we Americans do it?