Hello Debra, I have seen Worcestershire sauce sold here, but always in imported, recognizable bottles. I just looked up the Chinese equivalent and they transliterate it as something like Woo Si Te--but I doubt that any local person would have any idea of what this is if you asked for it. --Jim
Funny, I do know how to pronounce the word (as long as I'm not reading it). I, however, choose to pronounce it the way my grandmother did when telling me a long-forgotten joke back when I was a little kid. I remember the warmth and love in her voice. To this day I prefer to call it "What's this here sauce".
🤣 My Grammy was also that kind of silly and said "what's this here sauce?" We kids had a follow up, though. We would chuckle and tell Grammy to "try saying THAT three times fast!" She would get tongue-tied of course with "whaztuhsusuch" and we would shout (really fast) "no, that that that!" And we would laugh because we caught her again! It was years later when I remembered she would be smirking as she turned away. She was letting us "win." Every single time. 😁 Grandmothers, amirite? 🥰
Thoroughly enjoyed the memes and have bottled up many a guffaw hearing folks try to pronounce it. We go with 'wusta shure' but only from trying many other versions. Thanks for the laughs!
You'd think Worcestershire was coined by a tipsy leprechaun...as the spelling and pronunciation don't quite go together, which an Irishman enjoying a tipple or ten, would find hilarious for the English to attempt ....
Geeze, I've been living under a rock. I thought it was spelled with an "h" and pronounced "Wor-cHes-ter" sauce. Help me, SWS. Help me. And thank you for teaching me something new with my every visit.
I don't know if you're right or wrong but you are funny. I love that across the world, many of share this impossible word. That and I often hear peeeeeecon and peeeeeeecan.
STILL laughing, (are you having a stroke? ) so funny The whole cat thing too, so funny. The lobby sign from the cat, she is trying to kill me send tuna treats. Yep LeeAnna
You nailed it! And yet Dorchester isn't pronounced dustah. That's just wrong.
ReplyDeleteYes you have explained it perfectly
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!! I had no idea till now this was a world crumbling issue. Its a sad commentary!!
ReplyDeleteAre you having a stroke, sir?
DeleteI believe you've got it. Now I can say it. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI think she’s got it. Tough one though!
ReplyDelete...and I've never thought about this.
ReplyDeleteI used to pronounce it as "Warchestershyer Sauce" until I watched a British cooking show and learned the correct way!
ReplyDeleteI have always pronounced Wooster-sheer sauce. I think you and I are on the same page.
ReplyDeleteI still can't say that and other weird words...medications are just as bad! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI was pronouncing it correctly until I finished reading through all the memes. Then I was completely tongue tied.
ReplyDeleteIt was the worst of them.
ReplyDeleteHello Debra, I have seen Worcestershire sauce sold here, but always in imported, recognizable bottles. I just looked up the Chinese equivalent and they transliterate it as something like Woo Si Te--but I doubt that any local person would have any idea of what this is if you asked for it.
ReplyDelete--Jim
This was a hard post to wrap my brain around first thing on a Monday morning :-)
ReplyDeleteWorse-ta-shur. It may not be correct Brit, but it's how we pronounce it. LOL.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I do know how to pronounce the word (as long as I'm not reading it). I, however, choose to pronounce it the way my grandmother did when telling me a long-forgotten joke back when I was a little kid. I remember the warmth and love in her voice. To this day I prefer to call it "What's this here sauce".
ReplyDelete🤣 My Grammy was also that kind of silly and said "what's this here sauce?" We kids had a follow up, though. We would chuckle and tell Grammy to "try saying THAT three times fast!" She would get tongue-tied of course with "whaztuhsusuch" and we would shout (really fast) "no, that that that!" And we would laugh because we caught her again! It was years later when I remembered she would be smirking as she turned away. She was letting us "win." Every single time. 😁 Grandmothers, amirite? 🥰
DeleteLOL! And don’t forget Whatsthishere Sauce.
ReplyDeleteWasn’t that the 3 Stooges?
DeleteAnd there it is! I just posted my comment and THEN read Deedles’.
ReplyDeleteWor Chester Shire or WCS - Don't ruin a good steak by covering it with WCS
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Thoroughly enjoyed the memes and have bottled up many a guffaw hearing folks try to pronounce it. We go with 'wusta shure' but only from trying many other versions.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laughs!
I pronounce it A1 sauce.
ReplyDelete"Exactly" BWAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteI know how to pronounce it, but I prefer to say west chester sauce.
ReplyDeleteIt's my life. I can say it any way I want!
Patricia
Living in Southern New England we often pass through Worcester, MA. Here, it's pronounced "Woo-stah". So "Woosta-shah" sauce is quite adjacent.
ReplyDeleteround these parts we just call it wusstah sauce...... but i am sure Yorkshire Pudding will tell you...... up north we prefer Hendo's!!
ReplyDeleteI just read these out loud and we both laughed maniacally!
ReplyDeleteJust say Lea & Perrins sauce and everyone will know. By the way it sounds more like Wustershire rather than Woostershire.
ReplyDeleteI lost all train of thought with the Dominatrix.
ReplyDeletePriorities....
XOXO
You made my day with these memes
ReplyDeleteThat's how we were taught to say it.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think Worcestershire was coined by a tipsy leprechaun...as the spelling and pronunciation don't quite go together, which an Irishman enjoying a tipple or ten, would find hilarious for the English to attempt ....
ReplyDeleteSafe word, lol.
ReplyDeleteGeeze, I've been living under a rock. I thought it was spelled with an "h" and pronounced "Wor-cHes-ter" sauce. Help me, SWS. Help me. And thank you for teaching me something new with my every visit.
ReplyDeleteThe memes are funny, and yes, I believe you nailed it!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you're right or wrong but you are funny. I love that across the world, many of share this impossible word. That and I often hear peeeeeecon and peeeeeeecan.
ReplyDeleteI just call it worcester sauce. But love the worst of/best of shires.
ReplyDeleteWhats-this-here-sauce
ReplyDeleteSTILL laughing, (are you having a stroke? ) so funny
ReplyDeleteThe whole cat thing too, so funny. The lobby sign from the cat, she is trying to kill me send tuna treats. Yep
LeeAnna
Woosta sure is how His Lordship says it!
ReplyDeleteI laughed so hard over this post, Debra! I have tears running down my cheeks. Yes, IMHO, it's pronounced "wooster."
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