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From: Dora Smith <>
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] How do you pronounce Gloucester and Worcester?
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:33:46 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <27.37a51528.2b68b4f7@aol.com>


Well, we know that the English language evolves over
time. Languages evolve while spelling tends to remain
standardized and fixed. The silent e on the end of
words was once a scwa. Gh was once not silent, but a
breathy gh sound that no longer exists in English.

But I can't believe the STANDARD pronunciation of
Gloucester and Worcester has changed to the point
where noone thinks they are pronounced pretty much how
they sound!

Dora

>
> Hello Craig!
>
> I hope "some day" is soon.......I'd love to know why
> we pronounce these towns
> so differently than they "look"! Do you REALLY know,
> or are ya just pulling
> our leg? :o)
>
> All my relatives in/around Worcester said "Wistah",
> and shopped in "Chahltn"
> for school clothes when we were kids.
>
> I often wondered why words WERE so varied from one
> town to another....just a
> few miles away and things were a "hoss of a
> different cullah"!!!
>
> Annie
>
>
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> Worcester GenWeb has many Resources
> Check it out!!
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces
>


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