I'm in Worcester, MA (town motto: "Three syllables? Fuck that noise.") for a WebCT conference. I'll be online intermittently during breaks and downtimes (yay, wireless).
For those not living in/from Massachusetts, Worcester is pronounced “Wuss-tah” or, if you're from the western part of the state, “Wuss-ter”. Also, Leominster is pronounced “Lemonster” and Braintree is prounounced, um… Brain-tree. *curtsy*
See, if you're English, you are born knowing that Worcester only has two syllables; I'm delighted - and surprised - to learn that this understanding has crossed the Atlantic. On the other hand, so does Leominster only have two syllables ("Lem'ster"), so you still have some editing to do there.
My experience in Boston (a couple of days in summer '98) included listening to the news being broadcast on monitors in Logan Airport, and hearing how the anchors' accents seemed to move along a spectrum between a New Yorker accent and a British accent. For reasons I won't go into, that was kind of a stressful morning, but hearing the accents made me happy.
But no more than two syllables no matter how you pronounce it. I remember doing current events in sixth grade and one of my classmates brought in an article on Worcester and read it as "Wore-chest-er" - nobody heard any of the rest of it because we were all laughing. Kind of equivalent to saying "At-lant-ee-ah," adding syllables where none exist! =)
The city motto is 'At least we are not Springfield'
Please remember when walking, left turn on red is legal at 9 intersections in town. If your outside at all look both ways until your safely back inside.
I'm jealous... I'd love to go to worcester... had a friend who used to teach there... it has a very interesting past. http://www.worcestermass.com/places/index.shtml
you are just a short drive away from the Worcester Lunatic Asylum http://www.worcestermass.com/places/asylum.shtml what's left of it anyways... it's still pretty cool - even if it is abandoned ruins.
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Date: 2006-12-06 03:27 pm (UTC)It's "Wuh-stah" or "Whu-ster"! =)
But no more than two syllables no matter how you pronounce it. I remember doing current events in sixth grade and one of my classmates brought in an article on Worcester and read it as "Wore-chest-er" - nobody heard any of the rest of it because we were all laughing. Kind of equivalent to saying "At-lant-ee-ah," adding syllables where none exist! =)
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Date: 2006-12-06 03:05 pm (UTC)I imagine
Mind if I drop your name in conversation?
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Date: 2006-12-06 06:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-06 03:45 pm (UTC)Please remember when walking, left turn on red is legal at 9 intersections in town. If your outside at all look both ways until your safely back inside.
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Date: 2006-12-06 03:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-06 09:54 pm (UTC)I'd love to go to worcester... had a friend who used to teach there... it has a very interesting past.
http://www.worcestermass.com/places/index.shtml
you are just a short drive away from the Worcester Lunatic Asylum
http://www.worcestermass.com/places/asylum.shtml
what's left of it anyways... it's still pretty cool - even if it is abandoned ruins.
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Date: 2006-12-06 11:47 pm (UTC)Unfortunately I was stuck at the day job, and tonight I'm swamped with backed-up mail order stuph.