<p>“Wil-LAM-et”</p>
<p>This is correct!</p>
<p>Im from pittsburgh, and CMU is definately CAR NAY GEE Mellon, not CAR NEH GEE</p>
<p>Its pronounced like a horse’s NAY…not the sound of the letter n</p>
<p>I was taught by locals to say “Wil-LAM-it, dammit”. (Whew, this is the cafe so I shouldn’t get stomped on for that one.)</p>
<p>All my paternal relatives were from the Jersey shore and they had a very particular accent, which was NOT Sopranos-ish at all. (Then again, I’m from north-central Jersey myself and you’d never know from hearing me talk. I’ve been told I have no accent whatsoever.)</p>
<p>And for future reference in case anyone wasn’t sure, Mr. Hopkins’s first name was Johns, with an S on the end.</p>
<p>URSINUS…help us out on this…I don’t know.</p>
<p>er-SINE-us</p>
<p>I’ve also always heard the “Wil-LAM-it, dammit” instruction!</p>
<p>Thanks driver…so it is ER not UR…I wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>Hazmat, it’s “er,” not “your”–if that’s what you meant:)</p>
<p>And before someone asks, it’s Get-is-burg, not Get-ees-burg. If you’re on the way to Get-is-burg, you’re in LANK-ester–not LAN-Caster County. And another popular entry: Ammerst, not Am-herst. I’d be interested in hearing about the various pronunciations of Worcester, myself :)</p>
<p>I think hazmat was asking if it was “er” as in “urrrr” rather than “ur” as in “ooor”. (Right?) That’s the choice that always confused me.</p>
<p>Now I’m confused. It’s “er” as in “Ursula,” but not “yer” as in “urine.” But maybe I’ve never pronounced Ursula properly?</p>
<p>That’s the difference: is it ER-sula or OOOR-sula? Is it ER-SINE-us or OOOR-SINE-us? I’m reading here that both should use the ER pronunciation, so… thanks! :)</p>
<p>(And whoops sorry if I confused the thread and the posters who were already clear on how to pronounce it, my bad!)</p>
<p>and now you know why I asked…I have heard many differing ways. Just like one does usually her LANK’ester in the area and which is correct but even during the most recent coverage on national tv they misspronounciation was always…LanCASTER as in Burt Lancaster of Hollywood. So silly. No Pennsylvania Dutchman would say it that way.</p>
<p>Driver,</p>
<p>It’s Wooster, as in Woostershirr sauce (I hope no one I know says War-cess-ter-shy-re)</p>
<p>Woostah…I didn’t think folks knew how to pronounce the “R”.</p>
<p>Hazmat, you’re right, it’s more Woostah than Wooster.</p>
<p>so you an send me a Lobsta…I love your Lobsta I do.</p>
<p>Well, it’s for sure Woostah, if you come from Lowell, Lawrence, Leominster, Fitchburg, Billerica, Methuen… (am I showing my Local Knowledge yet? 
), but I think it’s Wooster if you come from California, New Jersey or the Parent’s Cafe on CC… :rolleyes:.</p>
<p>hehehe…that was cute. Local color is what makes this board so much fun.</p>
<p>Jmmom:</p>
<p>Could it depend on whether you attend Holy Cross or Clark? ;)</p>
<p>When I first arrived in Boston as a teen, I pronounced it Wooster (as in booster). God, how they laughed at me. On the other hand, we have a Worcester in PA, and I think there’s one in NJ as well. Anyway, one is is pronounced “werster,” and the other is pronounced more or less phonetically–wor-ses-ter (I think that’s the one in PA). Anyhow, I’m very leery of that place-name.</p>