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Clickbait. The article never bothers to talk about the “why.”
by Hackbraten 6y ago
Clickbait.
The article never bothers to talk about the “why.”
- bookofjoe 6y ago>So if you're ready for an English lesson here's where the pronunciation comes from. The abbreviated way of pronouncing the places name ending in “-cester” can be seen in the Shakespearean era. This word, spelled ceaster in the Old English language, comes from the Latin castra (camp), originally meant a Roman encampment in ancient Britain. So why does “-cester” has a “-ster” pronunciation? It is believed that the “-ster” pronunciation developed in the early 18th century. William Johnston’s ‘A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary’ (1764) notes that ‘c’ is not pronounced in words such as Leicester, Gloucester and Worcester, which makes them two syllable words. However the English remember ‘ceaster’ as a toponymic suffix which is adapted variously as -cester (Leicester), -caster (Lancaster), -chester (Manchester).