To think my in-laws' ways are not normal?

[Snoot]

Apparently I am wrong and they are normal in many ways, I just find them odd! A selection from this weekend:

Stewed fruit, served for pudding, is commonly served with weetabix on top if people are still hungry

Scone is pronounced like stone

A footstall is not a puff but a poof-ay

Spag bol sauce contains no garlic, salt, pepper, or noticeable tomatoes but contains kidney beans and is served with ketchup

I could go on!

I read tons of books as a child but was very socially isolated, and developed all manner of weird pronunciations that I'm still weeding out. Place names are probably the worst!

Leicester = Lie - sester

Gloucester = Glow (rhymes with 'how') - sester

Isleworth = I'll - worth (its the word Isle!)

Arkansas = Arr - CAN - zus

Also:

yogurt = yog (like dog) - hurt (as in pain)

aquarium = Ah-qwa-REE-um

Solari There is a street in a town near me in the Southern US that is named Gloucester St. after the Duke of Gloucester, brother of George III (so it has been named this a long time). There is actually a division locally in how to pronounce it, with many people pronouncing it exactly as in your post. I imagine that some of them may think that people who pronounce it "glosster" are pretentious and/or clueless incomers.