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same in London.. and elsewhere in the UKIn the NY/NJ area, you're likely to hear, "samwich" for sandwich, and "ax" for ask.
They can drive even those who live here nuts.
same in London.. and elsewhere in the UKIn the NY/NJ area, you're likely to hear, "samwich" for sandwich, and "ax" for ask.
They can drive even those who live here nuts.
we have a Worcester here.. and of course we manufacture the world famous Worcester sauce... and people almost universally call it War..sester.. we also have Leicester here in the uk too.. funnily enough no-one finds it difficult to pronounce Leicester.. which here is pronounced Lester.. but Worcester is pronounced Wooster.. and people find that difficult to pronounce for some reason..I'm from Massachusetts. I never thought Pres. Kennedy had an accent. So, when those foreigners from far off lands, like New Jersey, got lost, they were looking for Worcester, Mass. And did they butcher that name. Locals pronounce it "Wist-ah", Mass". The one town visitors just gave up even trying to pronounce was Leicester, Mass. "Lest-ah, Mass."
BTW, I have no idea why Massachusetts people do this, but you have to add, "Mass." to a city. It's not Boston, it's "Boston, Mass". Oxford, Mass. Springfield, Mass. etc
Nooo, that would be pronounced, Pie-ness con-torte-ah.As in pinus contorta, the lodgepole pine?
Ha. I used to be ascared too. I was too ascared to go in there.Years ago, scary things made me feel "ascared." I was "ascared" of mean dogs.
Mixing up it's and its is an extremely common mistake. It, is a third-person singular neuter pronoun, used to stand in for inanimate things or ideas. Its is a possessive form of the pronoun it, meaning belonging to it. It's is a contraction of the words, it is or it has.i think it's think?!
I thought I was the only one.Ha. I used to be ascared too. I was too ascared to go in there.
Nope. I think it was part of the TV culture back then.I thought I was the only one.
Take a try at Poughquag (NY).I'm from Massachusetts. I never thought Pres. Kennedy had an accent. So, when those foreigners from far off lands, like New Jersey, got lost, they were looking for Worcester, Mass. And did they butcher that name. Locals pronounce it "Wist-ah", Mass". The one town visitors just gave up even trying to pronounce was Leicester, Mass. "Lest-ah, Mass."
BTW, I have no idea why Massachusetts people do this, but you have to add, "Mass." to a city. It's not Boston, it's "Boston, Mass". Oxford, Mass. Springfield, Mass. etc
One other Massachusetts thing is not using car directional signals. Apparently, it is akin to some religious tradition, which is scrupulously followed.
Well not to split hairs, but realtor may well also be three syllables depending on how you pronounce itOne of the mispronunciations that bugs me is:
realitor
for
realtor
It's two syllables, not three.
Me.Well not to split hairs, but realtor may well also be three syllables depending on how you pronounce it
Re-al-tor would be three. And the way I pronounce “real” it sounds like two syllables. So realtor would be three syllables for me
Reel-tor would be the two syllable version. Which I never say. I personally don’t know anyone who pronounces it like that.
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There's a small town in Central New York State called Worcester- and that's the way it's pronounced.we have a Worcester here.. and of course we manufacture the world famous Worcester sauce... and people almost universally call it War..sester.. we also have Leicester here in the uk too.. funnily enough no-one finds it difficult to pronounce Leicester.. which here is pronounced Lester.. but Worcester is pronounced Wooster.. and people find that difficult to pronounce for some reason..
I was talking about people in the UK... both are well known places..in EnglandThere's a small town in Central New York State called Worcester- and that's the way it's pronounced.
I've never heard of a Leicester, and wouldn't for anything be able to pronounce it. It would probably come out "Lie-Cast-Er."
Massachusetts? Did any of the ladies in your family have P.S.D.S.?I'm from Massachusetts. I never thought Pres. Kennedy had an accent. So, when those foreigners from far off lands, like New Jersey, got lost, they were looking for Worcester, Mass. And did they butcher that name. Locals pronounce it "Wist-ah", Mass". The one town visitors just gave up even trying to pronounce was Leicester, Mass. "Lest-ah, Mass."
BTW, I have no idea why Massachusetts people do this, but you have to add, "Mass." to a city. It's not Boston, it's "Boston, Mass". Oxford, Mass. Springfield, Mass. etc
One other Massachusetts thing is not using car directional signals. Apparently, it is akin to some religious tradition, which is scrupulously followed.
never heard it called HOW stun, that's nuts .... even here in the Uk people call it Hew stun.. or Who -stun...Houston
In Texas it's HUE-stun, and people in other places seem to use that pronunciation when talking about the Texas City or Sam Houston, the Texas hero, general, and politian of the 1800s.
In much of the rest of the world it's HOW-stun. Knew a guy in Florida with the first name and he pronounced it HOW-stun.
I've never heard it pronounced any way other than HUE-stun.. except in reference to SOHO (South Of 'Hous-ton' Street).Houston
In Texas it's HUE-stun, and people in other places seem to use that pronunciation when talking about the Texas City or Sam Houston, the Texas hero, general, and politian of the 1800s.
In much of the rest of the world it's HOW-stun. Knew a guy in Florida with the first name and he pronounced it HOW-stun.