Puddings

[sistermagpie]

> 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'.

Magpie:
Technically, Worcester is pronounced the same way here too. Though I 
do say "Woo-ss-te-sheer" (I'm not writing it quite right, but you 
know what I mean) sauce, I pronounce Worcester, Massachussetts 
as "Wooster" (like its inhabitants).

-m