Back to this.. now that I’ve been reminded (thanks @Mauve_matelot )
Another friend says “wash your sister. “ 😂
@Museek @Mauve_matelot
It's so easy it's ridiculous 🤣
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Sheer
@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 ...
@wolfwoman @stueytheround @Museek @Mauve_matelot
Welcome to Massachusetts. 😎
@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.
https://youtu.be/4uzcM8jrWQk
@wolfwoman @grayman @Museek
There are so many traps in the UK
For instance in Scotland there's a small fishing town
Kirkudbright
or on the border you can visit Hawick. You're already pronouncing them wrong 🤣🤣
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @grayman @Museek Kirkbrt and Heyck?
@wolfwoman @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
The one which gets me every time is Beaulieu (famous for the motor museum) which is pronounced Byew Lee! 🤣🤣
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek Hey I've been there! It's cool!
@JolieSaboteuse Oh yeah! It's superb. Almost all the cars there are roadgoing too. Very few are "ornaments". btw did you make it to the Coventry one in the end?
@stueytheround @JolieSaboteuse @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
Oh my.... I really want to go there! I love cars!
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek We were like "how do you say that? is it like billly oh?"
No it's BEW-LEE
"How the fuck does that work?"
Same way as Leicester is LESS-TAH
"ohhhhhh ok. New rules eh."
@stueytheround @JolieSaboteuse @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
So Stuey, what about Welsh? Do you speak it? I actually want them to leave out almost all the consonants - it would work better!
@wolfwoman Oh gosh no! I can make a reasonable stab at place names but that's about it. @JolieSaboteuse @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
@JolieSaboteuse @stueytheround @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
French but not, got it. LOL
@stueytheround @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
But, but ... it's French?
Oy! We had a lot of funny ones in CA because Spanish and also Indigenous ... WA has a couple of good ones, too.
@wolfwoman I know right! 🤣 @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @AskTheDevil @grayman i would say beau lee ew
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @AskTheDevil @grayman i mean bow lee ew
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @grayman @Museek
Talliaferro county: Pronounced "Tolliver County"
@stueytheround @wolfwoman @grayman @Museek I think it's pronounced "stience". ; )
@stueytheround @AskTheDevil @grayman @Museek
I was close on the 2nd... didn't get the "oy" sound.