Worcestershire sauce, I love it but obviously cant pronounce it

[Sluggo]

During a cookout this weekend, there was some long alcohol induced discussion on the proper pronunciation is this condiment.

I say: worst-a-sure..and was ridiculed endlessly.


So do the resident geeks here pronounce it?

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Wor - Cester - Shire...sauce!

 

[KK]

war-chester is how i say it.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
During a cookout this weekend, there was some long alcohol induced discussion on the proper pronunciation is this condiment.

I say: worst-a-sure..and was ridiculed endlessly.


So do the resident geeks here pronounce it?

That's how everyone I know pronounces it.

 

[sygyzy]

I love it too and I thought everyone know about it but I was proven wrong a month ago. I went to a BBQ joint. Yes, a place that serves STEAK and other smoked meats. Anyway, I asked for some worcestershire sauce and the waitress kept having me repeat it. Eventually I said forget it. But she insisted we didn't give up and had me repeat it again. Now, I only know so many ways of pronouncing the word so I got tired of saying it. Finally, I described it as the bottle with the paper over it and her eyes lit up and she brought me it. Whew.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I love it too and I thought everyone know about it but I was proven wrong a month ago. I went to a BBQ joint. Yes, a place that serves STEAK and other smoked meats. Anyway, I asked for some worcestershire sauce and the waitress kept having me repeat it. Eventually I said forget it. But she insisted we didn't give up and had me repeat it again. Now, I only know so many ways of pronouncing the word so I got tired of saying it. Finally, I described it as the bottle with the paper over it and her eyes lit up and she brought me it. Whew.

We put some in our wing sauce that we whipped up, hell I put it on almost everything.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: KK
war-chester is how i say it.

I say war-shester

 

[BigJ]

http://www.answers.com/topic/worcestershire

 

[Safeway]

Hamburgers and chicken marinated in it are wonderfully delicious.

 

[walla]

wis-teh-shur

 

[kevnich2]

The ACTUAl pronounciation is woo-stir-shear And if you don't believe me, click here: http://www.bartleby.com/61/85/W0218500.html

 

[QuitBanningMe]

woos'tur-sher

 

[Chode Messiah]

wur ste sheer

 

[FrustratedUser]

Wurst-sause-forshire.

 

[xcript]

I pronounce it like this.

 

[Nebben]

Sluggo - you pronounce it more properly than about 99% of the world.

I'm not all that interested in the traditional pronunciation of the word, so I will not explore this issue further. But since you have said it in 3 syllables, you're closer than every single person I've ever met. Most people say something like "Wer-chester-shire sauce"

 

[LordMaul]

When I was in England, there were many places spelled similar to "Worcestershire," like "Gloucester," for instance...
I was with RGN, and he said something along the lines of, "here's the stop, 'glou-chester' and was immediately teased by the British passengers for his pronunciation, and was told it was, "glous-ter" (as in grouse).

So, that and from what I've heard, it's, "worse-ter-shur" without really accentuating the end into a clear "sh-eye-er" or "shee-ur."

 

[ElFenix]

gloss-ster, but the 'C' is actually hard because it's a latin C. and there are no soft Cs in latin from what i recall. the suffix 'cester' means it was a roman army camp back in the 200s.

 

[gsaldivar]

"Lea and Perrins" :thumbsup:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
"Lea and Perrins" :thumbsup:

 

[bolomite]

wuss-ta-sheer

 

[Brule]

I pronounce it catch-up to confuse people.

 

[wfbberzerker]

worst-ih-shish-er

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
When I was in England, there were many places spelled similar to "Worcestershire," like "Gloucester," for instance...
I was with RGN, and he said something along the lines of, "here's the stop, 'glou-chester' and was immediately teased by the British passengers for his pronunciation, and was told it was, "glous-ter" (as in grouse).

So, that and from what I've heard, it's, "worse-ter-shur" without really accentuating the end into a clear "sh-eye-er" or "shee-ur."

We all think it's funny how most Americans pronounce the likes of glouchester, or places that end in ham. The same is probably true for some of our pronunciations of your towns/cities.

Originally posted by: bolomite
wuss-ta-sheer

Probably one of the closest here.

 

[Kelemvor]

Wursh-ta-sure is about how I say it