Puddings
Geoff Bannister
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Tue Oct 2 19:01:03 UTC 2007
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
montims:
> On another tack, I am delighted to find Worcestershire sauce in the shops
> here, and also in some steak restaurants, and I love asking for it, as the
> server always needs to clarify - "Woo -ss - ss - ss - sh - ss?" In England,
> it's pronounced Wooster, pure and simple...
Geoff:
Not quite correct. It doesn't rhyme with 'rooster'. It's more 'wuss-ter' rhyming
perhaps with 'fluster' and 'muster'. Another fun one for the North Americans
is Leicester (or Leicestershire) pronounced 'less-ter'.
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