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I genuinely don’t understand why that’s so hard for Americans so say.

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It’s not hard at all. But due to the fact that stealing other people’s words and aggressively mispronouncing them seems to be the official British pastime, I don’t give a fuck how you pronounce it. I’ll pronounce it how it’s spelled, or any other way I damn well please.

There are more of us than there are of you. It’s our language now, you’re an anachronism.

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English [Simplified]

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Gammonsayswhat?

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if it’s spelled worchestershire, I’m gonna pronounce it worchestershire.

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I’ve been saying Worcestershire this whole time.

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It’s not a common word for us and the phonetics don’t match the pronunciation whatsoever.

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In revenge we invented Arkansas.

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I love how Americans pronounce “Arkansas River” depending on whether they’re in Arkansas or Kansas.

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and Illinois

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War. Chester. Fight me.

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Don’t forget the shire.

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Americans hate this one simple trick

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Meanwhile in Australia: West-eh-share.

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As an Australian I’ve only ever said Woos-ta-sheer

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How would you say Loughborough?

Lou ga bo ro gah?

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warshter

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Woo-stah-sure.

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I’m from England and wouldn’t pronounce it like this at all. The “woo” sounds like you’re a ghost or something and the “sure” part is just outright wrong.

It’s really hard express through text, but I’d say “wuss-ter-she-er” (the wuss part is pronounced the same way as if you’re refering to a cowardly person), is much closer. Regional accents could make it different tho.

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It gets ‘em in the right ballpark, at least, and away from confidently saying “Wore-sess-tur-shah-yer”, so I’m good with it.

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