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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@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 Trap pronunciation is totally a thing.
I live near a trap pronunciation city.
@EnochianEntropy @grayman @stueytheround @Museek
Please say more? I'm not familiar with that term.
@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."
@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)
@wolfwoman It's the verbal equivalent of ordering 3 drinks with Nazis.
@stueytheround @EnochianEntropy @grayman @Museek
I wonder how folx around here would react if I called Fort Belvoir Fort Beaver! 😆
@stueytheround @EnochianEntropy @grayman @Museek
Well then I went straight down a deep rabbit hole with "linguistic trap pronunciations"!! Still reading ...