Likewise -- if from Worcester, MA, pronouce it Wuss-tah.You know you want to.
how else would you pronounce it?
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Vortex - Mar 18, 2004 5:08:51 am PST #1495 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Pix - Mar 18, 2004 5:09:51 am PST #1496 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
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.
Vortex - Mar 18, 2004 5:10:55 am PST #1497 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wor-chester or Wor-caster is how most out-of-towners pronounce it.
Philistines! :)
Fred Pete - Mar 18, 2004 5:15:59 am PST #1498 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
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."
Pix - Mar 18, 2004 5:26:54 am PST #1499 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
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.
Alicia K - Mar 18, 2004 6:00:00 am PST #1500 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
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.
Strix - Mar 18, 2004 6:44:25 am PST #1501 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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."
deborah grabien - Mar 18, 2004 6:50:23 am PST #1502 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
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.
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2004 6:53:48 am PST #1503 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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"!
Katerina Bee - Mar 18, 2004 7:02:56 am PST #1504 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I think Anne's book organization stuff is golden. Mine is much like hers, except for the idea about turning pretty covers face-out, which I have to do now. I have a couch placed in front of the Wall of Books, so the ones I don't access often are on the bottom 2 tiers, because I have to move the couch to get at them. Obviously I could probably get rid of all those books, but you never know what you might need someday. The Human Anatomy book is useful sometimes, but the Introduction to Physics book: no.