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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about
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Worcestershire
And nearby Leominster
And Cirencester
and Towcester ("toaster")
Map Men have a few more examples
Sern Stir?
It's pronounced "siren sester".
“-cester” is usually pronounced “stir”, I’d assume then “Sir In Stir” if I got the first part wrong
It's English. The only rule is that actually in some cases the rules are different.
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