Pronunciation of cutlery

[TheChippendenSpook]

How do you pronounce cutlery?

I've heard a lot of people pronounce it cut-ul-ry but I'm sure it should be cut-l-ry with the 'l' sounding like how you would start Laura/look/lolly.

I'm doing a crossword and it's one of the answers

Cut-lerry / cut - leree

@Zancah

Cut-lerry / cut - leree

That way.

I’ve never heard it pronounced cut-ul-ry.
I pronounce it pretty much as it’s spelt cut-le-ree.

I've never heard it cut-ul-ry!

Where in the country are you? Is it local to you?

Yes, CUT-luh-REE

Knives and forks

@LudoBear

Knives and forks

exactly!

Cut-lu-ray

If it was ‘cuttle-ree’ it would be spelled ‘cuttlery’ surely.

Everyone I know says cut-luh-ry

I'm originally from Lancashire, where everybody says it the right way but I'm now in a different northern county and I've heard a few people call it cuttle-ry here. Only a few so I was musing, if you will, about if it is just those few and was trying to work out how they came to pronounce it that way.

@PolarnOPirate

If it was ‘cuttle-ree’ it would be spelled ‘cuttlery’ surely.

Everyone I know says cut-luh-ry

Exactly!

How on earth can you get cut-ul-ry, you would have to completely change the spelling!

My old landlord used to call it 'cluttery' which tickled me.

Cut-luh-ree

People do say cuttelry, I hear it often. It's like chimbley instead of chimney.

I'm from Yorkshire and it's often pronounced cut-ul-ry here

My grandmother is from Lancashire and pronounces it cutle-ree!

DH is from Forrin ( but fluent in English). He pronounces is cutta laary
Much to the kids amusement
I would say cut lery

I was gonna say I’ve heard it in Yorkshire a lot. I was guilty of this before I moved down south and it’s purely because I was surrounded by this pronunciation.
When my DP pointed it out I realised how wrong I was. I now pronounce it correctly.

@LudoBear

Knives and forks

DH refers to them as forks and knives. He also calls the wardrobe the clothes cupboard.

Makes me want to stab him with a knife and fork (in the correct order of course) and hide the body in the wardrobe. No idea why it irritates me so much!!

I said cuttle-ree as a child but now I say CUT-luh-ree.

Off track a bit ...
How do you pronounce ‘battery’

I have always pronounced it .. batt-ry

Bug bear .... my son in law says .... baat- er - ry Very long and drawn out. I want to scream. I may have been mis pronouncing it my whole life.
This could be difficult, we are aussies, might sound different in other places.

@OssieShowman I've confused myself now saying battery over and over!

But for an electrical thing I'm pretty sure I'd say batt-ree

For a fortified emplacement or 'assault and battery' I'd say batt-er-ee. I've no idea why, or if that's correct!

@OssieShowman

Off track a bit ... How do you pronounce ‘battery’

I have always pronounced it .. batt-ry

Bug bear .... my son in law says .... baat- er - ry Very long and drawn out. I want to scream. I may have been mis pronouncing it my whole life.
This could be difficult, we are aussies, might sound different in other places.

I say battery exactly as it looks - batt er ee

Cuttle-rih and battrih here. Leicestershire born and bred.

Though if I'm talking to someone other than family I make that special effort and say them "properly"

@OssieShowman

Off track a bit ... How do you pronounce ‘battery’

I have always pronounced it .. batt-ry

Bug bear .... my son in law says .... baat- er - ry Very long and drawn out. I want to scream. I may have been mis pronouncing it my whole life.
This could be difficult, we are aussies, might sound different in other places.

Battery … Bat-erry

Batteries ... Battreez