How do you say tousled?

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As in tousled hair?

I thought I knew how to pronounce tousled, but my DP and friend say it differently.

Possible it's a regional thing I guess.

How do you pronounce it?

Toozled, or maybe tou rhymes cow. Never heard tussled! I have always wondered though! I’m in Scotland.

I’ve just discovered that I say it differently depending on context and I had no idea! I’d say ‘I tussled his hair’ but ‘he looked towseled’

I’d never had noticed I did that if it weren’t for this thread!

Sulled, not sullied!

www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/tousle

TOW AS IN COW

Tuss uld (which I think is your way). Not noticed another version- suppose it's not up there as a high frequency word!!

(audio)

PippilottaLongstocking interesting!

I say toss-ld I think I probably just say it wrong!

Tow as in cow. London

I used to say tussled but that's a different word (yes I know I've also spelt it differently!), as in, the two girls tussled in the corridor. I think that's why it's often mispronounced as it sounds right and familiar. My sister picked me up on it v publicly and I bitterly disagreed..but she was right. However, you know what they say, don't make fun of people who mispronounce words, they've probably read them in books, and never heard them said. :)

I don't think I've ever heard it said out loud, but I'd have guessed tows-eld.

Yes tow as in cow!
I have never heard anyone say it tussled?
I am from Norfolk and have lived in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Tows-uld. Not a word you hear very often, but that's how I pronounce it in my head when I read it. SE England.

I say halfway between Tow-sl’d and Tas-l’d.

Tow suld

I'm from the SE

DH and I (born and bred SE) both say Tow (as in cow) z'ld with a z sound rather than an ess sound

I would say tousled as tow-sulled. The word tussel means something different.

I'm from Scotland and would pronounce it Tooseld

Towsled. East Scotland. My DD's pet name is Toosie from the Scots for curly hair.

Tow as in cow-z-ld

Same as roused, housed etc

Hey guys - here is the audio for how to pronounce

www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/tousle

I say it tow(to rhyme with cow)-zuld. I'm from NW England.

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/tousled

Tow (cow) suld (culled)