This blog is for Villanova students to correspond with their Argentine epals about their lives and countries.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Confusing sign
Although it may not look confusing, or be that "abnormal" there are two signs that I think are confusing, in a subtle way. In Massachusetts there are a few towns that are pronounced wildly different than they are spelled. When entering these towns one might be thrown off (if given a destination verbally). About 35 minutes north of me is a small fishing town called Gloucester (this is the less confusing one of my two examples), looking at it you might think it's pronounced "glue-cester" or something similar to that. It is actually pronounced "glawster." The more difficult one, which often gives non-Massachusans an issue is the town of Worcester. I've heard it called Warchester more times than I can count. In reality the Worcester is pronounced "Wusster."
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