How do you pronounce it anyway ???

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[Eggs]

…scon or scone.

 

[Eggs]

….very surprised when I worked in Blackpool and offered to get the staff lollices, they laughed and said they are ice lollies. Must be a scouse thing.

 

[notrevE5]

The old graphemes vs phonemes problem eh?

Any of our US brethren care to have a go at Worcestershire

Oh please don't, they'll butcher it to oblivion

 

[Rita_Poon]

High-per-bo-lee

 

[Rita_Poon]

The old graphemes vs phonemes problem eh?

Any of our US brethren care to have a go at Worcestershire or Bicester?

Woyyer-chester-shire-sauce

 

[Cels]

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[ste d' indica]

Kopites or gobshites?

 

[Bedfordblue]

…scon or scone.

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Jam first or cream?

 

[SerenityNigh]

Hyperbole

Is it pronounced high per bowl ?

Or

High per bow Lee ?


Seen this word used a lot in the Everton forum… never been quite sure how it’s pronounced. Got me thinking that there must be other words that people pronounce in different ways too .. such as Bath, is it like Math or Garth… or even spaff ?

Any others you can think of ?

The ladder

 

[Davideeyore]

Jay-Zee?

No. Jay-Zed.

 

[NeilMorepies]

Carry-be-an
or
Carib-Ian?

Him-a-lay-an
or
Him-ah-lian

 

[goldfinchmule]

Zebra or zeebra

 

[Vintage]

It's pronounced hy-per-bole

 

[Kurt.]

Davek or Davek ?