Pronunciations that annoy you

Exetera instead of etcetera.

 

I call it "That stuff" because I get tongue tied. hahaha

 

oooooooooooooh mama:2thumbsup:

 

Hahahaha

 

I don't think I ever had that sauce.

 

i hate the way i pronounce "water"

i always drop my t's which normally isn't a problem, but when i pronounce water as "war-ah"
it just sounds awful and i always do it without thinking about it.

 

Innit!?

 

hang on, does this mean that americans outside of Massachusetts pronounce it "wor-ses-ter"?

so Worcestershire sauce would be wor-ses-ter-shire sauce?

 

axe instead of ask

 

It's great for making marinades.

The second one.

 

Most people in my area pronounce it "wishchershire", or even "wishchersheer". lol I think it's one of those words that very few people know how to properly pronounce, including myself. haha

 

I've heard everything from "wor-ses-ter" to " wor-ches-ter" to "wor-kes-ter" to "woostah" to "worschsta", and possibly even more than this. I don't recall hearing anybody pronounce the sauce but in my industry, I speak to freight brokers all day long and this town in Massachusetts comes up often enough to hear people from all over the country pronounce it in such and such a way.

 

I have no idea how to pronounce Worcestershire. I honestly can't say it.

 

Bloody hell, that's going round the houses a bit.

well the place is pronounced "wooster-sher" so i'd imagine the sauce would be too, not that it matters all that much. (unless you live there and have to contend with tourists asking you the way to "wor-chest-er-shire cathedral", i'd imagine that gets old.)


also, gloucestershire is pronounced "gloster-sher"

We're a peculiar people.

 

People mispronounce Des Moines all the time. The S's are silent. Duh Moyn. That's how it is said. Not Dez Moy-nez or Dez Moyns. It's French for boring city or something like that.

 

Canadians would probably get it right

 

My man says "PrefERably" instead of "PREFerably", and there's another one I can't remember that drives me nuts but also makes me laugh.

 

My mother taught me to pronounce it

Woosh che shire (long "I") Sauce.

 

Now I remember! He just did it.

He says "Prerequisites" instead of "Prerequisites". He gets so mad when I correct him so I just let it go lol

 

I know a woman who says "Everdently". She works in the front office of an elementary school. This makes me insane.