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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Americans like over pronouncing shire for all English counties until they remember New Hampshire exists.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's not the shire that worries me, it's where the fuck the rces in Worcester is going...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's worce-ster-shire. And the "worce" is pronounced "worse".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

OK, but what if I pronounce it better?