T204 Question

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by bcornell

As a native, I must point out that it's pronounced "Wuss-tah". Any Hollywood actor chewing the scenery would get that right.
Bill

I live about an hour and a half south or Worcester, and hear it pronounced similary, like "WUH stuh", with emphasis on the first syllable. I intentionally pronounce it how it looks, like "war-cess-ter". Thats what I hate worse about living in New England. If you aren't going to pronounced the damn "r", then don't spell it with an "r"!!!!.

Where I work we build submarines and deal with "parts". When I first started, a guy kept talking about "pahts" or "pots". I had no freakin clue what he was talking about. I finally figured out he was talking about PARTS. Pretty funny

[Griffins]

Rob, you'd hate England then. "Leicester" is "Lester", "Gloucester" is "gloster".
It may be New England, but it sounds just like the old one.

[Vintagecatcher]

Bill and Peter have it right on the correct way to pronounce Worcester.

How do I know? I was born in Worcester, MA, and I lived in the area the first half of my life.


Patrick