I have my faith, but this sends me up the wall. What do you guys think?

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Yeah how do you pronounce it? I would think "glow-chester" kind of like worcestershiresicreiheire sauce. I hate it when my reading of someone's online handle is too phonetic. It's kind of like trying to decipher vanity plates.

I thought it was "glow-ster" with the "glow" rhyming with "ow" like in "ouch". I could be wrong, though. We visited MA several years ago and stayed up in that area and trying to pronounce the road signs as we drove along was a challenge!

I should add: I homeschool and am currently working on fine-tuning the phonics and spelling of my 2nd grader. The English language is so DARN confusing! Sometimes I just look at a phonics rule and throw up my hands.

'Fraid I'm not from the over the pond. Never even been, though it's on my list. :bolt: And, I'm not even sure we pronounced it correctly... we were kinda Kuntry!

But, we all sounded it like: Glawkster

But, I've heard it "Glowchester", too.

(And, this was in Northern Virginia.)

Yeah, learning town names was difficult when I was interning on Cape Cod. I always had to hear it pronounced by a local before I'd try to pronounce it in front of people, lol!

Yeah, why do the Brits put in the "ces" when they don't prounounce it?

My English friend would say Glos-ter.

Northern Virgina is an awesome place to live.

Yeah, why do the Brits put in the "ces" when they don't prounounce it?

My English friend would say Glos-ter.

Northern Virgina is an awesome place to live.

I went on a class trip to the Chesapeake Bay area (studying the ecology of the Bay), and I absolutely loved it. The Maryland/Virginia area is so beautiful.

I was so screwed when we moved here. We have a street called "Chouteau". Now, having studied French through highschool and college, I pronounced it "shew-toe", right? Nope. Here they pronouce it "show-tow".

Milan, MO they pronounce "My-lynn" not "me-lawn".

Versailles, MO they pronounce "Ver-sales" not "Ver-sigh". Etc.

I was so screwed when we moved here. We have a street called "Chouteau". Now, having studied French through highschool and college, I pronounced it "shew-toe", right? Nope. Here they pronouce it "show-tow".

Milan, MO they pronounce "My-lynn" not "me-lawn".

Versailles, MO they pronounce "Ver-sales" not "Ver-sigh". Etc.

Yep, we've got a Ver-sales, KY, too, along with an Ay-thens. There's a My-lon, TN, too. My dad was born there.

I mostlly grew up in Oklahoma and there are many names and words that are derived from Indian cultures that are very hard to pronounce using phonics. Chouteau is one of them. Chickasha, Wekiwa (also used a lot in Fla.) and many more that I can't pull up at this moment. It is interesting too that these words are prounounced and used differently just across the borders of nearby states. I'm sure that Kat has to deal with much of it in N.M. as well.