the ongoing English usage

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at ...> wrote:

Carol:
<< there's Southern food that doesn't even exist in other regions,
> such as grits and "chitlins." >>

Catlady:
> "Chitlins" is a very historical English food named "chitterlings".
> Considering such famous English pronunciations as Wooster for
> Worcestershire and Bedlam for (St Mary of) Bethlehem, I supposed
> chitterlings was pronounced 'chitlins' for hundreds of years before
> the spelling changed.

Geoff:
Your phonetic representation of the pronunciation 
of Worcester isn't quite right.

"Wusster" would be nearer the mark.