I just saw a sign this morning that said “Irish Wristwatch - now you know you can’t pronounce it”. The sign was right.
There’s a British surname, Featherstonhaugh. Many of the people with it pronounce it “Fanshaw.”
Woo-stir-shi’
Now you can
Worcestershire? I don’t even know her
Wooster-shire
I hear “Were-Chest-Sure” around here.
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?
Does webtoon pay comic artists now? Or is that watermark there for no reason
Pffft. Hendo’s is better.
Tabasco
I wonder how you spell tabasco. TABASCOooo!
Unexpected Homestarrunner.
You wanna level up? Try Brzęczyszczykiewicz.
please wait while I grab this electric fence
Okay but…what?
Entry level Polish name, simplified.
Wuss-Tuh-Sher
What’d you call me?
…ain’t nothin to fuck with?
Wooster shire
Wor-chess-ter-shy-'r.
I like your style.
The “worce” part is pronounced like “worse”, so worse-ter-shy’r.
Isn’t it not more sha than shy’r?
Yep, but they were spelling it phonetically and I just wanted to point out that their syllables are wrong. I think once you realize “worce” is one syllable, the pronunciation makes a lot more sense.
No thanks! I pronounce it exactly as it is spelled
Wash your sister.
That bitch can wash her self
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Major Robert Thornbird: Our cameras saw some sort of weapon.
Jack O’Neill: Oh, well it’s hard to say.
Major Robert Thornbird: Some sort of state secret?
Jack O’Neill: No. Just difficult to pronounce.
Zat’niketel?
Indeed.
Wooster Check Shire.
There, its wrong according to everyone.
it’s* wrong
My buddy has been watching too many redneck cooking videos and calls it “warsh-yer-sister” sauce.
Something like Woostuhshuh, apparently, for some reason. 🤨
Americans like over pronouncing shire for all English counties until they remember New Hampshire exists.
It’s not the shire that worries me, it’s where the fuck the rces in Worcester is going…
It’s worce-ster-shire. And the “worce” is pronounced “worse”.
OK, but what if I pronounce it better?