Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:

> From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
> > Well, if it's pronounced the same as the sauce is, then it's a /U/ in
> > StdE. I understand there's a place in America called 'Wooster', named
> > after Worcester. (Though in English the sauce is Worcestershire Sauce
> > (with the i pronounced long but unshifted, i.e. as ee) ...  is it not in
> > Russian?)
> >
>
> I've seen both Worcester and Worcestershire.  And Worcestershire in English
> English is [wUst@S@].
English English maybe, but not English. Three out of three online
dictionaries I know of (two American, one Australian) listed the reflex of
eer as the prime or only pronounciation of the -ire.

And I've definitely never heard Worcester Sauce, but maybe it's more
common in England so you're more likely to abbrev. it or something.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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