Back to this.. now that I’ve been reminded (thanks @Mauve_matelot )

Another friend says “wash your sister. “ 😂

@stueytheround @Museek @Mauve_matelot

And yet ... my mom worked for a doctor who was from Worcester, Mass. He insisted it is pronounced, "Wooster". So there's that ...

@grayman @wolfwoman @Museek
I need to be careful.
I got blocked here once by an American who insisted I was pronouncing it wrong 🤣🤣🤣

@stueytheround @wolfwoman @Museek

I have had to coach someone on the proper pronunciation for the town of Peabody.

@grayman @stueytheround @Museek
There aren't so many in MD that I'm aware of. But I *do* know that most folx pronounce Norfolk wrong.
youtu.be/4uzcM8jrWQk

@wolfwoman Trap pronunciation is totally a thing.

I live near a trap pronunciation city.

@grayman @stueytheround @Museek

@wolfwoman A city with a specific pronunciation designed to read a certain way, but is actually pronounced another way to show who is not from there.

"I love <WrongPronunciation>!
It's a lovely town!"

"You ain't from around here, boy."

@grayman @stueytheround @Museek

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@EnochianEntropy @wolfwoman @grayman @Museek
Trap pronunciations were common in the UK during WW2 as German spies with otherwise impeccable English often struggled with the names we've mentioned and quite a few others (Chulmondleigh = chumlee, Belvoir = beaver, Ralph = rafe)

@stueytheround @EnochianEntropy @grayman @Museek
Well then I went straight down a deep rabbit hole with "linguistic trap pronunciations"!! Still reading ...

@stueytheround @EnochianEntropy @grayman @Museek

I wonder how folx around here would react if I called Fort Belvoir Fort Beaver! 😆

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