eccentric@lemm.eeM to It's Me@lemm.eeEnglish · 8 hours agoI don't know how to say this to you...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: comicstrips@lemmy.world
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageI don't know how to say this to you...sh.itjust.workseccentric@lemm.eeM to It's Me@lemm.eeEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: comicstrips@lemmy.world
minus-squareBeN9o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agoWorcestershire (Wuss - ter - sher) Worcester (Wuss - ter) Shire (sher) You might think: War - sest- er - shy - er, but it’s not. Another one some people struggle with is Gloucestershire, looks like: glow - sest - er - shy - er but actually sounds like: Gloss - ter - sher.
minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI counter that with what my thouroughly midwestern American family has always called it: “wooster sauce”.
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoDamn, did they have a competition with the French over who’s got the most surplus letters in their language?
Worcestershire (Wuss - ter - sher) Worcester (Wuss - ter) Shire (sher)
You might think: War - sest- er - shy - er, but it’s not.
Another one some people struggle with is Gloucestershire, looks like: glow - sest - er - shy - er but actually sounds like: Gloss - ter - sher.
I counter that with what my thouroughly midwestern American family has always called it: “wooster sauce”.
Damn, did they have a competition with the French over who’s got the most surplus letters in their language?