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Fair point snoopcester Send a noteboard - 30/08/2009 06:03:08 PM
After all, the -cester ending in Worcester leaves "Wor", which is then pronounced "Wuh", so the final consonant of the prefix is lost, in this case the "p".


I should have gone with Bicester which is pronounced "bister"
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Me neither snoopcester - 30/08/2009 05:53:02 PM 775 Views
How exactly is this name pronounced? Gena - 30/08/2009 05:54:05 PM 676 Views
The same as Worcester snoopcester - 30/08/2009 05:55:56 PM 726 Views
By that standard it should be pronounced "snuster" Stalin - 30/08/2009 05:59:37 PM 783 Views
In Massachusetts, they pronounce Worcester as "Wistuh". LiterateDog - 30/08/2009 06:00:53 PM 822 Views
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