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Worcestershire Pronunciation
Worcestershire is pronounced WUUS-ter-sher, IPA /ˈwʊstəʃɝ/.
WUUS-ter-sher
US /ˈwʊstəʃɝ/ · UK /ˈwʊstəʃə/
Syllables: WUUS · ter · sher (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: A county in the west of England, and the name of the dark, savoury sauce first made there.
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Worcestershire in a Sentence
- Add a splash of Worcestershire sauce to the marinade.
- They moved to a village in Worcestershire last spring.
- Worcestershire is famous for its cathedral and its sauce.
Common Mispronunciations of Worcestershire
Not WOR-ches-ter-shy-er
Reading every letter gives five syllables. The word has three. Worcester collapses to WUUS-ter, the ce is silent, and shire loses its long i to become a weak sher.
Not wor-CHEST-er-shire
The stress is on the first syllable, and there is no chest in it: the c is not pronounced at all.
Tip: Three syllables, stress on the first: WUUS-ter-sher. It rhymes, roughly, with rooster shur. The same pattern applies to Leicester (LES-ter) and Gloucester (GLOS-ter).
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