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i used to enjoy pronouncing all of worcestershire, now i merely pride myself on continuing to pronounce the ‘shire’ as britons increasingly pronounce worcestershire the same as worcester
The real question is why we’re so okay with weirdly compressed pronunciations like cumfturble and wensday.
I used to agree completely, but eventually I accepted that that’s how language works.
After all, have you ever tried pronouncing all the phonemes in “Worcestershire”? It’s a fool’s errand.
Long story short, letters are bullshit.
i used to enjoy pronouncing all of worcestershire, now i merely pride myself on continuing to pronounce the ‘shire’ as britons increasingly pronounce worcestershire the same as worcester
I bet you could just say “Wershhh,” and the idea would still get across.
digitamamon?