Honeycomb is a big thing here, I suspect because of the popularity of the Crunchie Bar (which is delicious).
Worcestershire is pronounced "WUSS-ter-shurr" here, so your grandmother was much closer to the English pronunciation than your co-worker (who would probably be roundly mocked for theirs by pitiless natives).
The pronunciation of English place names never fails to aggravate. Towcester, for instance, is pronounced "toaster". Leominster is "Lemster". And Wymondham is "windum". Seriously, my dudes, why did you put in all those extra letters if you weren't going to pronounce them?! :P
Oh, oh, and you have Chester, which going by the above should be pronounced "Ster". But no. It's "chester". AAARGH
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Worcestershire is pronounced "WUSS-ter-shurr" here, so your grandmother was much closer to the English pronunciation than your co-worker (who would probably be roundly mocked for theirs by pitiless natives).
The pronunciation of English place names never fails to aggravate. Towcester, for instance, is pronounced "toaster". Leominster is "Lemster". And Wymondham is "windum". Seriously, my dudes, why did you put in all those extra letters if you weren't going to pronounce them?! :P
Oh, oh, and you have Chester, which going by the above should be pronounced "Ster". But no. It's "chester". AAARGH