Wor...cough, ahem, yes that.

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:49 pm

I will not tell you what we call this at my dinner table.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:58 pm

Yes I am.... but then I'm a Brit originally.
It's Wooster sauce, slightly shortened oo/ou sound and we don't use the last part. I will demo at Picnic.

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:01 pm

I say "Woster", and I'm OK with it lol

ross · Post by **ross** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:03 pm

Don't never mind what yu call it " I put that

on everything " hehe

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:27 pm

I used to pronounce the entire word until I met MJ and she straightened me out on it...."Wooster"...i may be an old dawg but i can learn new tricks... :running-chicken:

Post by **WLLady** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:29 pm

Wouster lol. Much easier to say than worsestershire lol
Awesome stuff.

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:11 pm

Why all those letters than?

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:53 am

OOPS, forgot to have Killerbunny demonstrate the correct pronounciation of "Worcestershire" at the piknik!
As for the extra letters, historically (at least in my father's version of history lol), when saying the name of a small town (shire), it wasn't necessary to say "shire" when speaking to locals, as they already knew where you were talking about. As small towns got larger and even became cities, the append "shire" became somewhat irrelevent, but Brits tending to be quite stubborn and staid as a society, still used it in print. Add to that, that the letter 'R' is almost NEVER pronounced when it falls in the middle of a word, and drop a couple more letters for expediency, and you get "Worster" with only a long-dead ghost of the middle "r". :D :D