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?

It's not a word that comes up very often, but it's tow-zuld isn't it? The 'ow' as in 'cow' ? Never heard there was another way, and a pp's links to online dictionaries seem to confirm that's correct.

Tow (cow) selled. I've never heard it your way OP!

Isn't it tozzled?

Tow-seld (NW)

Never heard it pronounced any other way either, than tow, how odd

The one I find odd is those who pronounce tongue like curling tong and not tung which is obviously the " right"way.

I've never heard anyone say it any other way than tuss-uld (W. Mids) and now I'm questioning everything I've ever known.

PawneeParksDept I'm a guilty 'tong' pronouncer - not sure where I picked it up though as both my parents pronounce it correctly!! Possibly a Brummie thing in the same way that some of us say 'mom' instead of 'mum'.

Pawnee I have never heard people pronouce tongue as tong- is that a NW thing?

I am in SW, but I think I just have been saying tousled wrong all these years.

I pronounce it Tuss-uld. But then I only just learned how to pronounce Hypoerbole and I still think you’re all wrong.

Hyperbole obviously.....

Toss ulled

But I'm aware it's wrong. I thought it was supposed to be Tows ulled.

Tussled means having a physical fight doesn't it?

NW England

Tussled but I've heard towselled.

I'm wondering about a physical fight and messy hair though and if the pronunciation is different for each? I pronounce both tusselled....

EnidButton, genuine question - if you know you’re pronouncing it wrong, why don’t you pronounce it right?

Tow as in cow for me as well. Never heard it pronounced as tussled before.

Tow.seld

towzled

Tow sulled - Essex

When I was a child and had only read the word in Enid Blyton type books, I thought it was pronounced 'tuzzled' but then I heard people saying it and realised it was 'tow-zuld'.

I pronounce tow-sulled.
I've recently been using google when doing spelling with my son so he can hear the right pronunciation.
Google also says tow-sulled.
Just press the speaker icon when on google and it'll play the word.

Tow-selled.

I say "TOW-SELLED"

which is how the Cambridge dictionary say it is pronounced both in the UK and the US.

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/tousled

Tooseld

Tow suld, I'm in Manchester. Tuss uld just sounds wrong

Towsuld. It's definitely tow. Never thought or heard of it being any different. Have lived in both south and north.

Towzld.