How to Pronounce “worcestershire”
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Pronunciation Notes
A loanword from English place name. English county names contract hard in speech: “Worcester” is “WUSS-ter” and the -shire ending reduces to “-sher”, giving “WUSS-ter-sher”. The middle of the spelling is simply not said.
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