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It doesn't help that the correct pronunciation of "Worcestershire", something like Wu-sta-sha, looks a lot like "Warchester". One is tempted to wrongly map the

It doesn't help that the correct pronunciation of "Worcestershire", something like Wu-sta-sha, looks a lot like "Warchester". One is tempted to wrongly map the syllables Wor->Wu Che->Ste Ster->Sha. Btw. this is one of the prime examples why I think we should use phonetic transscription not only for different alphabets, but also for languages that use latin characters with very different pronunciation (like Irish or Welsh), or even for odd English words like this one.

Grustaf 5y ago
> I think we should use phonetic transscription We do, it's called IPA and Worcestershire is /ˈwʊstərʃər/. Using something similar for actual normal writing would be difficult though, it would hide all the etymological linkages between different European languages, and even obscure connections within each language.