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[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 8 points 8 hours 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 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

I second this pronunciation.

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