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[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Depends on how you pronounce shire. Americans tend to pronounce it like the hobbit place when it's more like "shuh".

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm from New Jersey and I pronounce it Wuh-stah-shur. I think that's reasonably correct?

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I second this pronunciation.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do Woor-cest-er-sure.

Also northeast US but a lot less pin downable. I think of it like a slurred "war-chest" sound. But the "C" seems unused by most.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dk where you Americans are getting the "sure" part from, it's much more like "she-er" or if your more northern it'd be a bit more like "sher".

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, Tolkien was English. He didn't mean "Shire" to be pronounced like we Americans do it?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

He did

As a standalone word it's Shire as we say it, but put it at the end of a word and you pronounce it differently

Lancashire is lanka-sheer, for example