#7, RE: For Love of the Grammer Nazi
Posted by laudre on Mar-20-14 at 12:39 PM
In response to message #5
> I'd never even thought to ask how the US Worchester (or at least
>Gryphon's) is pronounced. The UK one is Wuster (rhyming with
>Custer as in the General). The Worcester and Leicester in Massachusetts are pronounced the same as the UK town names (i.e. two syllables), allowing for other differences in accents and such.
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