River ,'Objects In Space'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
There's not really a "g" sound in Lancaster, though (I go to school there! I have valuable regional knowlege!). Local people say LAN-ca-str. Everyone else says lan-CAST-r. If you are an outsider who manages to adopt this useful piece of regional dialect, you will be INVISIBLE!
Likewise -- if from Worcester, MA, pronouce it Wuss-tah.
You know you want to.
Likewise -- if from Worcester, MA, pronouce it Wuss-tah.You know you want to.
how else would you pronounce it?
Wor-chester or Wor-caster is how most out-of-towners pronounce it.
Of course, the Thames River in New London is pronounced with the "th" sound here, much to the chargrin of anyone from London.
Wor-chester or Wor-caster is how most out-of-towners pronounce it.
Philistines! :)
Likewise -- if from Worcester, MA, pronouce it Wuss-tah. You know you want to.
Of course. Like Leicester Square in London is pronounced "Les-ter."
And Staunton, VA is pronounced "STAN-t'n."
Isn't it amazing how much you can tell about a person by little things like that? Simple pronunciation like Les-ter vs. Lei-caster in London, or how to eat a piece of pizza in NYC (folded over), or what a "grinder" is in CT (a sub, hoagie, or hero in other parts of the country).
I love dialects and regional customs. They're so much fun.
As a Wisconsin native, I've been mocked for my pronunciation of my home state. I apparently pronounce it wis-GON-sin, instead of wis-KON-sin. I don't think I'm alone in this, but I don't often pay attention.
Oh, and when I moved out to Seattle, I was corrected on my pronunciation of Oregon. It's OR-e-gun, not OR-e-GON.
Here, we have the Great E/UH Divide.
Do you say "Mis-UR-ee" or "Mis-UR-uh"?
It pretty much tells you what part of the state people are from, and if they are "country" or "city."
Years in the UK left me with the tooth-grindy reaction to mispronounciations of Leicester and Worcester.
More common than those, even, is the mangling of "-shire" at the end of a place name. That, and the mangling of "Edinborough" and "Glasgow". Brrr.
Do you say "Mis-UR-ee" or "Mis-UR-uh"?
I get violent when people say "Mis-UR-uh" and, particularly, "Cin-cin-AT-uh."
There's an "I" on the end, people! Not an "A"!