dumber than a box of hair said:Tom Wells said:But isn't the British Worcestershire (as in the sauce) pronounced exactly the same locally?
I lived in Worcester (the Massachusetts one) for 21 years. The British "Worcestershire" is pronounced WUS-ter-sheer.
As to the Massachusetts one, all the locals pronounce it WUS-tah.
Isn't WIS-tah sometimes heard among older natives of the city, or has that pronunciation died off?