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How do the English get "Wooster" out of "Worcester"? :)
This seems to be one of the few instances where it is Americans rather than the British that do use a shortened pronunciation of an ancient place name or surname.
This seems to be one of the few instances where it is Americans rather than the British that do use a shortened pronunciation of an ancient place name or surname.
Maybe some Americans. I'm American and say it: Gray-um.