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I don't think I can. The pronunciation of "Gloucester" (gloster) and "Leicester" (lester) follow a similar scheme for the "-cester" bit which leads to "Worcest

I don't think I can. The pronunciation of "Gloucester" (gloster) and "Leicester" (lester) follow a similar scheme for the "-cester" bit which leads to "Worcester" being pronounced "wooster", but Worcestershire sauce is often pronounced "wooster sauce" which doesn't make much sense. Apparently, Frome in Somerset is one of the hardest place names to pronounce in England, though it certainly doesn't compare to some Welsh towns. (I say it as "froom")

wink 4y ago
I mean, Sir Terry was British after all. cf https://wiki.lspace.org/Jonathan_Teatime https://wiki.lspace.org/Jonathan_Teatime
- ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
  It amuses me when english words are pronounced differently to make them seem posher. We have a nearby town called Yate (rhymes with gate), but the posh version rhymes with latte.
  - wingspar 4y ago
    “It’s pronounced Bouquet” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances
    - dghf 4y ago
      "It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Wobbler Mangrove'." https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uv0n8 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uv0n8
Symbiote 4y ago
I think the sauce is either Worcestershire Sauce, or Worcester Sauce, either is acceptable. Worcestershire and Worcester follow the same patter as Gloucestershire/Gloucester, Leicestershire/Leicester and (Towcestershire doesn't exist)/Towcester. Towcester, incidentally, being the same pronunciation as "toaster". The one that annoys me is Cirencester, which is usually "sai-ren-ses-ta", and only occasionally "sai-ren-ster".
- ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
  Just found a Devon town called Woolfardisworthy, but can be pronounced as "Woolzery"
  - notahacker 4y ago
    I like the Northamptonshire village of Cogenhoe, which is obviously pronounced cook-no. It sits on the River Nene, which is pronounced Neen or Nen depending on which bit of Northamptonshire you live in (Northamptonshire is not very big...)
    - ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
      I think the accepted authority on anything to do with Northamptonshire has to be Alan Moore.
- dghf 4y ago
  > The one that annoys me is Cirencester, which is usually "sai-ren-ses-ta", and only occasionally "sai-ren-ster". Or, according to my grandmother, "siss-iss-ter".
- Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
  Locals just call it “Ciren”…
  - vmilner 4y ago
    It took me a surprising amount of time to work out where (Ciren) they were talking about after moving to glow-sester-shire...
denton-scratch 4y ago
> "wooster sauce" "That's just incorrect. It's pronounced "wooster-shuh". The double-O is short, as in "book". Worcestershire Sauce is sometimes simply called "woosters", as in "a dash of woosters". > Frome in Somerset is one of the hardest place names to pronounce Hardly. It's pronounced "froom". That's not so hard.
- bee_rider 4y ago
  There’s a town in Massachusetts called Worcester, pronounced something like Wooster/Woostah/Woostuh.
  - nobody9999 4y ago
    >There’s a town in Massachusetts called Worcester, pronounced something like Wooster/Woostah/Woostuh. And there's a Gloucester[0] (pronounced 'Gloster' or, more likely in MA 'Glostah') there as well. And there's one[1] in Virgnia too, (Wikipedia says it's pronounced 'Gloster', but I don't know the VA accent well enough to know if that's locally correct). There are other similar place names around the US, mostly on the eastern seaboard, for obvious reasons, as well. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia
- chriswarbo 4y ago
  > The double-O is short, as in "book" Bad example, since some accents pronounce "book" like "kook" (not like "suck") ;)
  - denton-scratch 4y ago
    Fair do's; scousers indeed pronounce "book" as "bewk".
    - mnw21cam 4y ago
      One of my ambitions in life is to make a pronunciation guide using example words that are pronounced differently by different people.

wink 4y ago

I mean, Sir Terry was British after all. cf https://wiki.lspace.org/Jonathan_Teatime https://wiki.lspace.org/Jonathan_Teatime

ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
It amuses me when english words are pronounced differently to make them seem posher. We have a nearby town called Yate (rhymes with gate), but the posh version rhymes with latte.
- wingspar 4y ago
  “It’s pronounced Bouquet” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances
  - dghf 4y ago
    "It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Wobbler Mangrove'." https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uv0n8 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uv0n8

Symbiote 4y ago

I think the sauce is either Worcestershire Sauce, or Worcester Sauce, either is acceptable. Worcestershire and Worcester follow the same patter as Gloucestershire/Gloucester, Leicestershire/Leicester and (Towcestershire doesn't exist)/Towcester. Towcester, incidentally, being the same pronunciation as "toaster". The one that annoys me is Cirencester, which is usually "sai-ren-ses-ta", and only occasionally "sai-ren-ster".

ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
Just found a Devon town called Woolfardisworthy, but can be pronounced as "Woolzery"
- notahacker 4y ago
  I like the Northamptonshire village of Cogenhoe, which is obviously pronounced cook-no. It sits on the River Nene, which is pronounced Neen or Nen depending on which bit of Northamptonshire you live in (Northamptonshire is not very big...)
  - ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
    I think the accepted authority on anything to do with Northamptonshire has to be Alan Moore.
dghf 4y ago
> The one that annoys me is Cirencester, which is usually "sai-ren-ses-ta", and only occasionally "sai-ren-ster". Or, according to my grandmother, "siss-iss-ter".
Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
Locals just call it “Ciren”…
- vmilner 4y ago
  It took me a surprising amount of time to work out where (Ciren) they were talking about after moving to glow-sester-shire...

denton-scratch 4y ago

> "wooster sauce" "That's just incorrect. It's pronounced "wooster-shuh". The double-O is short, as in "book". Worcestershire Sauce is sometimes simply called "woosters", as in "a dash of woosters". > Frome in Somerset is one of the hardest place names to pronounce Hardly. It's pronounced "froom". That's not so hard.

bee_rider 4y ago
There’s a town in Massachusetts called Worcester, pronounced something like Wooster/Woostah/Woostuh.
- nobody9999 4y ago
  >There’s a town in Massachusetts called Worcester, pronounced something like Wooster/Woostah/Woostuh. And there's a Gloucester[0] (pronounced 'Gloster' or, more likely in MA 'Glostah') there as well. And there's one[1] in Virgnia too, (Wikipedia says it's pronounced 'Gloster', but I don't know the VA accent well enough to know if that's locally correct). There are other similar place names around the US, mostly on the eastern seaboard, for obvious reasons, as well. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia
chriswarbo 4y ago
> The double-O is short, as in "book" Bad example, since some accents pronounce "book" like "kook" (not like "suck") ;)
- denton-scratch 4y ago
  Fair do's; scousers indeed pronounce "book" as "bewk".
  - mnw21cam 4y ago
    One of my ambitions in life is to make a pronunciation guide using example words that are pronounced differently by different people.