How do you pronounce forehead?

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Fore-head or forrid?

I’ve always said fore-head but I’m currently listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks and Stephen Fry says forrid and it’s really annoying.

Which is correct? Or is it one of those regional things? (I’m in Lincolnshire)

Forhed

I've never heard it pronounced forrid! That would really annoy me too if I was listening to a book!

For-head, London/Essex. I’ve also never heard forrid, even in the poem.

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Fore-head

Fore head because that’s the correct way

Fore head. I’m from the midlands and cringe when people say forrid or tuff instead of tooth.

forrid - rhymes with horrid

Its the only way!!

Forrud

I don’t think this is a geographical thing but rather a class thing or age thing.

I’m from the the SE and everyone I know says fore-head except one lady who has a touch of the Hyacinth Bucket about her who insists on saying forrud.

Forrid. I grew up in Sydney and never heard anyone say 4head, but my northern England DH and DCs all say it.

Fore head Suffolk

I am not a quinoa munching dry robe wearing metropolitan flaneur with a folding push bike, and therefore I say fore-head.

Fore head with ever so slightly more emphasis on head.

Stephen Fry's 'forrid' also makes me wince, although I don't think it's wrong, it's just not nice to me. I adore everything else about the way he reads those books though, especially his evocative vocal characterisations of each individual role.

For head in Ireland

I think I switch between them! “Forrid” if talking to my octogenarian mum, forehead with the DC. Must be a generational thing - forrid is on the way out.

Fore-head.

I say fore head. My young and not at all posh colleague from the midlands says forrid. She also says lairs for layers which I feel is connected.

Forred.

Forred.

Fore-head. I've not heard it as Forrid before. It sounds similar to when someone drops their t's but in this case dropping the h.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Fore-head, like 4-hed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Fore head

Scottish, so pronounce things mainly as they're written

Forrid.

It’s probably dying out now though. Both because other parts of the UK have always naturally said fore-head (-heed) and because a lot of English people don’t know any better.

Fore-head - south east

Yes - I was just thinking of this rhyme. I was very confused as a child as to why forrid was spelled that way. I think I use both pronunciations nowadays, but was certainly brought up with forrid (West Midlands).