On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 11:32:31AM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote: > Then you've got the people from Mass. that think Worcester is > pronounced "woo-ster" instead of "wur-ses-ter"! Clearly, that place > name has three syllables. The canonical pronunciation of the *original* Worcester is "woo-ster", so there. :) -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]