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barneygale
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Stupid Alexa Trick: Speaking French with a Horribl...
UK pronunciation is two syllables "WUSS-tar", and most people here get it right because Worcester Sauce is a big thing.
thaumasiotes
on Oct 7, 2019
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Worcestershire sauce ("wiss-ta-shirr") is a thing in the US too, though not Worcester sauce.
swish_bob
on Oct 8, 2019
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Except it's still mostly pronounced WUSS-ter sauce in the UK.
adrianN
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Do you mean Warchestersauce? Sponsored by Blizzard?
thaumasiotes
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No?
chrisseaton
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It’s pronounced wuss-tu-shu.
thaumasiotes
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/wɪs.tə.ʃɚ/
chrisseaton
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/worce...
thaumasiotes
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That link indicates that the second syllable is rhotic, a position which I
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have both claimed is false.
chrisseaton
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Sounds and looks exactly the same to me!
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