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

Hello,

> > > (BTW... how is the 'Leicester' as in Leicester Sq. actually
> > > pronounced?)
> >
> > ["lEst@], as heard by myself on the tube.
>
> Indeed.  Just as Gloucester is pronounced [glQst@], and
> Bicester(a small town near where I live) [bIst@].
And Worcester is ["wUst@] (not sure of the [U]). In older Russian we
used to have _Glochester_, _Worchester_. Now they are also _Gloster_,
_Vuster_. But the sauce is still _vorchester_.

Pavel
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