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    11-18-2019 02:22 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Conor Dary View Post
    Trickstat is talking about the English Worcester...my brother in law grew up in Worcester Massachusetts and does say Wusster..
    OK, Massachusetts is definitely Wuss-ter
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    11-18-2019 02:35 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by bambam1729 View Post
    OK, Massachusetts is definitely Wuss-ter
    I've heard plenty of Wiss-ter with a very soft I. Either way it's definitely the S that dominates how it sounds.
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    11-18-2019 04:43 PM
    The pronunciation of Newark depends on whether it is in New Jersey or Delaware.
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    11-18-2019 05:13 PM
    Arkansas City is in Kansas and is supposed to be pronounced like Kansas and not Arkansas. Always seemed like a terrible name. We always called it Ark City.
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    11-18-2019 05:27 PM
    Birmingham is pronounced differently in England and Alabama.
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    11-18-2019 05:56 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tandfman View Post
    Birmingham is pronounced differently in England and Alabama.
    Most definitely...
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    11-18-2019 06:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tandfman View Post
    Birmingham is pronounced differently in England and Alabama.
    Best not to arrive in the English Midlands and ask for "ber-ming-HAM"!
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    11-18-2019 06:31 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Trickstat View Post
    Best not to arrive in the English Midlands and ask for "ber-ming-HAM"!
    Ditto on Nottingham...
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    11-18-2019 10:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Conor Dary View Post
    Ditto on Nottingham...
    But the "Sheriff of Notnim" doesn't sound right!
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    11-18-2019 10:26 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by donley2 View Post
    Arkansas City is in Kansas and is supposed to be pronounced like Kansas and not Arkansas. Always seemed like a terrible name. We always called it Ark City.
    The Arkansas River is Ar-kansas in Kansas and Arken-saw in Arkansas.
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