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Post by gillyp on Aug 24, 2024 13:19:05 GMT
I've been enjoying the Salem/Boston Recommendations thread and see there is a place called Gloucester in Boston. We have a Gloucester/Gloucestershire in England and, given that so many non-Brits struggle with pronouncing Worcestershire I was wondering how you pronounce Gloucester? The correct British way, assuming I explain it correctly, is Glo to rhyme with Clo in clock ster like the stu that starts the word stutter so Gloucester is pronounced Glo-stu and Gloucestershire is Glo-stu-shu (shu being like the start of shut) For a bit of added interest, Worcester/Worcestershire is pronounced Wu as in Wou from Would and stu like stutter. Worcester is Wu-stu and Worcestershire is Wu-stu-shu. Of course, there will be regional variations.  So please tell me how you say them!  |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 24, 2024 13:27:11 GMT
MA resident here: Gloucester, I've heard pronounced 2 different ways. Glauster or Glouster. Worcester is Wuster.  |
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Post by coaliesquirrel on Aug 24, 2024 13:27:49 GMT
Midwest USA born & bred, but I spent a semester in college in the UK (Lincolnshire). I say "Glawster" and "Worst-er-sheer". I'm not familiar w/ the MA locations and how they may be pronounced locally, but there is a "Versailles" nearish me that's locally universally pronounced "Ver-sails" so . . . people will do what they do.
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Post by Cupcake on Aug 24, 2024 13:36:09 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆 |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 24, 2024 13:38:26 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆The "R"s are silent  |
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Post by quinlove on Aug 24, 2024 14:02:27 GMT
I’m pretty sure The Perfect Storm was set in Gloucester, Mass.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 24, 2024 14:15:21 GMT
In Boston Glawstah
Like they pahk the cah in the street.
In my area of NJ Glawster
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 24, 2024 14:19:22 GMT
I've been enjoying the Salem/Boston Recommendations thread and see there is a place called Gloucester in Boston. We have a Gloucester/Gloucestershire in England and, given that so many non-Brits struggle with pronouncing Worcestershire I was wondering how you pronounce Gloucester? The correct British way, assuming I explain it correctly, is Glo to rhyme with Clo in clock ster like the stu that starts the word stutter so Gloucester is pronounced Glo-stu and Gloucestershire is Glo-stu-shu (shu being like the start of shut) For a bit of added interest, Worcester/Worcestershire is pronounced Wu as in Wou from Would and stu like stutter. Worcester is Wu-stu and Worcestershire is Wu-stu-shu. Of course, there will be regional variations. So please tell me how you say them! I pronounce them the same as you do. I went to college in Worcester, and spent months saying "wor-ces-ter" in my mind, before I got there and learned how to pronounce it correctly. haha  |
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Post by malibou on Aug 24, 2024 15:00:16 GMT
From that same thread, the town of Peabody was brought up. It is not pronounced Pea Body. It is pronounced Pea Buh Dee.
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Post by peabay on Aug 24, 2024 15:10:52 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆The "R"s are silent My dh and his oldest friend grew up in MA with thick Boston/Providence accents (slight difference) and the friend is married to a girl named "Anita" and she always jokes that the "r" they lose when saying my name "Deirdre" (which becomes "Deah-dra") ends up in hers (which becomes "Anit-er") |
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Post by Cupcake on Aug 24, 2024 15:51:03 GMT
I’m pretty sure The Perfect Storm was set in Gloucester, Mass. Some filming did take place in Gloucester, the home port of the Andrea Gail, the fishing boat that was lost at sea in 1991. |
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Post by Linda on Aug 24, 2024 16:02:34 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆 that's what I was thinking - southern New England doesn't say terminal "R"s |
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Post by Linda on Aug 24, 2024 16:03:11 GMT
The "R"s are silent My dh and his oldest friend grew up in MA with thick Boston/Providence accents (slight difference) and the friend is married to a girl named "Anita" and she always jokes that the "r" they lose when saying my name "Deirdre" (which becomes "Deah-dra") ends up in hers (which becomes "Anit-er") yup - my name becomes Lin-der |
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Post by Linda on Aug 24, 2024 17:14:07 GMT
monklady123 - which college? I graduated from Clark, spent a year at Worcester State, and took classes at WPI, Assumption, and Holy Cross through the consortium
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 24, 2024 17:43:06 GMT
monklady123 - which college? I graduated from Clark, spent a year at Worcester State, and took classes at WPI, Assumption, and Holy Cross through the consortium Lol at our small world. I graduated from Clark, and also took a couple of classes at Holy Cross with the consortium.  |
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Post by Linda on Aug 24, 2024 17:44:25 GMT
monklady123 - which college? I graduated from Clark, spent a year at Worcester State, and took classes at WPI, Assumption, and Holy Cross through the consortium Lol at our small world. I graduated from Clark, and also took a couple of classes at Holy Cross with the consortium.  cool. I was technically class of 92 but for a variety of reasons I didn't actually graduate until 1997 |
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 24, 2024 18:06:30 GMT
Lol at our small world. I graduated from Clark, and also took a couple of classes at Holy Cross with the consortium. cool. I was technically class of 92 but for a variety of reasons I didn't actually graduate until 1997 I graduated loooong before that. 1979. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Aug 24, 2024 18:53:01 GMT
The "R"s are silent My dh and his oldest friend grew up in MA with thick Boston/Providence accents (slight difference) and the friend is married to a girl named "Anita" and she always jokes that the "r" they lose when saying my name "Deirdre" (which becomes "Deah-dra") ends up in hers (which becomes "Anit-er") And Donna is Donner…. “With-drawral” from the atm.. I have been here 9 years and can’t help but laugh about where the “extra” r’s pop up! |
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 24, 2024 19:41:30 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆 This! Additionally, Peabody is pbuddy; Swampscott is swampskit; Woburn is wooburn; Leominster is lemonstah… There are lots more. Massachusetts, like many other places, has some interesting pronunciations of place names. Recently I was listening to two different podcasts where city/town names in the stories were discussed. One was Leroy New York which they said some people call la roy while others call lee roy. The ot her was Cairo Georgia which was pronounced as kay row.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 24, 2024 19:46:50 GMT
Lol at our small world. I graduated from Clark, and also took a couple of classes at Holy Cross with the consortium. cool. I was technically class of 92 but for a variety of reasons I didn't actually graduate until 1997 I think my niece was at Clark around the same time as you. I’m pretty sure she graduated high school around 94 and went straight to college that fall. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 24, 2024 20:20:04 GMT
To add to the Boston city names, Quincy in quin-zee, not quince-cee. We lived just outside of Boston from 09-11 and it was so interesting to hear the different pronunciations.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 24, 2024 23:23:53 GMT
Gloucester is “glaw stah” Worcester is “wuh stah” Not sure where SweetieBsMom found the “R”s 😆 This! Additionally, Peabody is pbuddy; Swampscott is swampskit; Woburn is wooburn; Leominster is lemonstah… There are lots more. Massachusetts, like many other places, has some interesting pronunciations of place names. Recently I was listening to two different podcasts where city/town names in the stories were discussed. One was Leroy New York which they said some people call la roy while others call lee roy. The ot her was Cairo Georgia which was pronounced as kay row.
Language is fascinating to me!I don't know Peabody or Swampscott but I would have said Peabody and Swampskit but that doesn't sound very different from Swampscott to me. Woburn is Woe-bun here and Leominster is Lem-stuh. |
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 24, 2024 23:51:52 GMT
To add to the Boston city names, Quincy in quin-zee, not quince-cee. We lived just outside of Boston from 09-11 and it was so interesting to hear the different pronunciations. That's interesting, because we have a Quincy Street where I live and it is always pronounced "quin-see" not "zee". |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 25, 2024 3:20:41 GMT
To add to the Boston city names, Quincy in quin-zee, not quince-cee. We lived just outside of Boston from 09-11 and it was so interesting to hear the different pronunciations. That's interesting, because we have a Quincy Street where I live and it is always pronounced "quin-see" not "zee". I was surprised, too! Especially since I learned the correct pronunciation when we were touring the John QUINCY Adams house. (Which is ironically pronounced Quinn-see.) |
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Post by melanell on Aug 25, 2024 3:34:33 GMT
MA resident here: Gloucester, I've heard pronounced 2 different ways. Glauster or Glouster. Worcester is Wuster. I'm in PA, but I say Wuss-ter (as in, calling someone a wuss  ) & Gloss-ter when talking about the MA locations. And yes, I say the Rs, because again---I'm in PA, and we believe in pronouncing final Rs here. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 25, 2024 11:21:57 GMT
In Boston Glawstah Like they pahk the cah in the street. In my area of NJ Glawster I pahk the cah in Australia too. But I would pronounce Gloucester as GLOSS-tuh. the friend is married to a girl named "Anita" and she always jokes that the "r" they lose when saying my name "Deirdre" (which becomes "Deah-dra") ends up in hers (which becomes "Anit-er") Ha! I would say those names as Deah-druh and Aneetuh. If Bostonians say "cah" for car, why are they adding the R to Anita?  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 25, 2024 11:28:15 GMT
....^^^ ... Because they add an 'r' to many words ending in ah...
I say Deedrah..
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 25, 2024 11:41:21 GMT
I realize that they are tricky words, and I would ask a local how to pronounce them. 🤷♀️
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Post by lainey on Aug 25, 2024 12:27:04 GMT
Glosster and Wusster.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Aug 25, 2024 14:39:11 GMT
Well darn. I’m mispronouncing a lot of words. Maybe even my own. Yikes. What, in general, is the correct pronunciation of words/names that end in “shire”? Such as these counties in England: Hampshire Cheshire Lancashire Berkshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Bedfordshire My last name (my DH’s) ends in “shire”. It’s been a long time bone of contention within the family of how to correctly pronounce our last name. |
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So please tell me how you say them! 
) & Gloss-ter when talking about the MA locations. 
