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5 Nov 2024 11:19:05 EST (-0500)
  Re: These words  
From: Phil Cook
Date: 22 Apr 2008 11:24:29
Message: <op.t90qftg8c3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:33:55 +0100, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did  
spake, saying:

>>  OTOH, sometimes even "native" words are hard to pronounce, even to
>> natives. One example which comes to mind is worcestershire sauce.

Mmm windy-river fort sauce.

> I don't think many English natives would find that hard to pronounce,  
> there are several (3?) counties in England that finish in -cestershire,  
> and plenty more towns and cities that end in -cester.

Damn Romans got everywhere. :-)

-- 
Phil Cook

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