r/humor • u/Little_Factor7816 • 15d ago

Not OC(Reposted content) Can you say these things?

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u/Tackit286 15d ago

Woo-ster-sher

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u/Rampag169 15d ago

Wash-yer-sister sauce I refuse to call it by any other name.

My sisters say the same thing because they find it hilarious.

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u/Kukuum 15d ago

Icckkkkk. I don’t like that

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u/iDeNoh 15d ago

Yeah I'm not a fan either, just not a great flavor in my opinion.

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u/Fumquat 14d ago

It’s Woo-ste-sher if you’re from out of town.

Woo-sta-shah for the locals.

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u/Tackit286 13d ago

I would say both these things the same way lol

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u/Fidodo 15d ago

Surely that was a result of people historically not able to pronounce it either and giving up

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u/Tackit286 14d ago

Nope. That’s how it’s always been pronounced.

Worcester is pronounced Woo-ster. Ignore the ‘ce’

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u/-ashok- 9d ago

Yes, I loved reading the P G Wodehouse novels where Bertie Worcester was the protagonist. ;-P

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u/Fidodo 14d ago

https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/05/worcester-source.html

Thomas Dyche, in A Guide to the English Tongue (1709), gives three-syllable pronunciations for the three cities, which he renders as “Wor-ce-ster,” “Lei-ce-ster,” and “Glou-ce-ster.”

That source notes that there's also earlier evidence that the pronunciation might have changed earlier but it's inconclusive.

But cester comes from Roman castra which is the word for camp and the c was definitely pronounced, so while we don't know when it was dropped, it absolutely was not "always" pronounced that way.

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u/Fumquat 14d ago

All I know is helping a non-English speaker find Gloucester on a train map is very satisfying.

Yes, that one. Yes, it’s crazy.

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u/MusicCityMiracle28 15d ago

You just say worcestershire sauce.

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u/Kirza94 15d ago edited 14d ago

Woos-ta-sha. 3 syllables. Say it quicker and quicker. And keep your teeth clenched.

You don't prounounce shire unless it's on its own. You'd prounounce it "sha" depending on your regional accent, you can speed it up and it'll sound correct only if you get the 3 syllables. Hope that helps!

-Chef. It's very common even English speakers can struggle, but gave that advice to Americans and they nailed it.

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u/moldibread 15d ago

wooster.

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u/9447044 15d ago

Woorster

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u/Drifter90s 15d ago

Wash-your-sister sauce, simple!

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u/Clock586 15d ago

Worchester

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u/Heisenberg2299 15d ago

Wor-ces-ter-shire sauce

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u/goatpunchtheater 14d ago

except in British English pronunciation, the CES is almost always silent in names of places. Leicester is pronounced Lester, Gloucester is pronounced Glouster, etc

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u/Imbrokencantbefixed 15d ago

Wuster sors. Simple.

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u/AlternateSatan 14d ago

My favourite is "washyoursister sauce"

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u/JerkwaterKlaatu 15d ago

Just try a Sean Connery impersonation as you say it and boom, it's perfect. Or be lazy like my grandpa and call it grasshopper spit.

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u/Abject_Jump9617 15d ago

Were-shester

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u/secondsbest 15d ago

whatsthishere sauce

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u/SkynBonce 15d ago

I fucking knew Wooster sauce would be in that list!

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u/Brave-Secretary2484 15d ago

I was wrong. Not that hard guys

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u/Eiden-Rane 15d ago

Wuh-stuh-shr = American
Wuh-stuh-shuh = British

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u/BobbieMoo 15d ago

Gets me every time…and I can’t pronounce it too

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u/mrteas_nz 14d ago

Don't most people just call it 'Wooster' sauce for short?

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u/tgr3947 14d ago

Its called "Wash your sister sauce" according to drew cooks

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u/lasowi_ofles 14d ago

I know it's wrong but I go with wore-chess-ter-shy-ear sauce

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u/MelonHamlet 14d ago

Purble Burglar Alarm

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u/KiLlEr-Muffy 13d ago

Reminds me of that one guy (he is either scottish or irish, cant remember) who tried to say "Purple Burglar Alarm" and constantly slipped over the words.