I hear it's "wooster." Is that correct? What do you think?
2007-05-30 09:22:03 · 7 answers · asked by alice_oh.nine_one 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
If you are from Massachusetts, you would call it:
"wuster" -- a shorter vowel sound than the "oo."
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2007-05-30 09:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wooster is correct. And by the way, it's Gl - o - ster, too. Short "o".
2007-05-30 16:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would say it as if it were spelled like this: Werster. Depending on dialect. I've heard Boston natives say it like this and like your way.
I know, Worcester seems like a lot more syllables than you actually pronounce. Just one of those weirdly spelled English words. Kind of like the city of Gloucester, also pronounced in the same fashion: Gloo-ster or Glow-ster.
2007-05-30 16:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by gnomiechick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's pronounced "Wooster".
2007-05-30 17:24:44 · answer #4 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one in eastern MA is pronounced WUH stah. The vowel in the first syllable is like the one in book, the one in the second, like stuck.
2007-05-30 16:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by fulminouscherub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, you are correct. woos-ter
2007-05-30 16:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by *estrellita* 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
[woostÉr]
2007-05-30 16:38:29 · answer #7 · answered by ~Sharon~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋