On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Harold Owen wrote:
I know that "Glo-ster" ("Glouchestershire") is in a song. Anyone know a song with "Bal-muh" ("Baltimore") in it? No need for apostrophes there.
How about Worcester, Massachusetts. (Pronounced--as nearly as I can tell--by natives as w[schwa]s-t[schwa] ... where the {schwa] sound is the sound used when pronouncing various "short" vowels in unaccented (U.S.) English syllables. Has anyone seen Worcester in a song? How was it spelled ...?
-- Weldon Whipple
One of my favorite limericks:
There was a young lady of Worcester Who ucester crow like a rorcester. She ucester climb Two trees at a time, But her Sicester ucester borcester.
-- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press
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