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How do you say...

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cherrypied · 25/06/2023 23:34

Totally lighthearted and nothing to anything other than a random conversation but.... How do you say,

Sainsbury's
Strawberries and strawberry
Glastonbury

I say sainsbrise
Strawbree/strawbrise
Glastonbree

However sometime pronounce all the syllables.

OP posts:
MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 25/06/2023 23:36

Sainsburries

Strawberries

Glastonbree

SSCCLL · 25/06/2023 23:43

Sains-breeze
Straw-breeze/straw-bry
Glass-tn-bry

TheMurderousGoose · 25/06/2023 23:45

Americans pronounce strawberry with the 'berry' fully enunciated. And Glaston-berry.

for me it's straw-bree though. And glaston-bree, sains-brees etc.

DrFoxtrot · 25/06/2023 23:48

Same as @MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

cocksstrideintheevening · 25/06/2023 23:49

Sainsburys
Strawberries
Glastonbury

eandz13 · 25/06/2023 23:59

Sainsbriz
Strawbriz, strawbri
Glastonbri

Very Northern

WonderfulUsername · 26/06/2023 00:02

SSCCLL · 25/06/2023 23:43

Sains-breeze
Straw-breeze/straw-bry
Glass-tn-bry

I'm glad you typed this because I'm exactly the same but I'm too tired to think how to type it 😂👍

groupery · 26/06/2023 00:05

sainsbrees

straw berries & straw berry

Glastonbree

SSCCLL · 26/06/2023 00:09

@WonderfulUsername glad to be of service 🤣

Plump82 · 26/06/2023 00:12

eandz13 · 25/06/2023 23:59

Sainsbriz
Strawbriz, strawbri
Glastonbri

Very Northern

This. Also northern as in Scotland.

BlameItOnTheGoose · 26/06/2023 00:12

Sains burries
Straw berries, straw berry
Glaston bree (only cuz I know that's how the brits say it)

Kona84 · 26/06/2023 00:21

Straw-burry
sains-burry
glass-ton-burry

UsingChangeofName · 26/06/2023 00:24

Same as you for the first 2, but Glastonbury I'd say

glass-tn (or tun?)- burry

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