How do you pronounce the word.....

[Bluesheep8]

Tousled? As in tousled hair? I pronounce it "tussled" but I just heard someone on the radio say "towzled". How do you say it?

Too-suld

Tussled and tousled are 2 different words with 2 different meanings

t-ow-zeld ow was in cow/how

I’m Scottish though

not the proper way anyway

i read it outloud as Tossled

I always thought it was 'tow-zeld', but then my hairdresser called it 'tussled'! I giggled (inwardly) thinking he was being young and wrong, but then googled it later. Apparently it can be either way! 🤷‍♀️

Tooo-sul-D ... but I’m very northern so I expect I’m wrong 😂

I suspect this is a regional variation, although I don't know for certain.

But I say towzled (And I'm from the SW.)

Tussled. Never heard of towzeld...

I know tousled and tussled are two different words with two different meanings but I pronounce them the same. The way I say it, only the context demonstrates what I mean. If you see what I mean

Two-zeld

This way here too!

I always read it as Tusseled.

Two - seld

Another Tuss-elled vote.

Tussled

Too-suld here. From the south!

Yay, more tusslers!

Tow-zuld (tow to rhyme with now)

Maybe it's geographical. I grew up in both the west Midlands and east Yorkshire.

Towzuld. The hero in the teen romances I used to read when I was 11 or 12 always had tousled hair and a jumper that matched his eyes.

Towel-Zeld

Where did you get the extra L in the middle, @goingtotown?

Ooh, I'm in the minority - too-sul'd. Not sure I've ever really said it out loud before though..

I would say too seld