It’s marshmAllow not marshmEllow

[MardyBra]

I’m looking at you Alison Hammond. FFS.

But what if you're from Tyneside and round about? Using your phonetic guide, it would be pronounced "mashmallow".

Anyway, I've always said it "mellow" myself, even though I've always known it's spelled "mallow", and that marsh mallow is a flower, that was originally used to flavour the squishy sweetmeat. So shoot me!

That's OK. No need to apologise. ♥️

What's the difference?
I say them the same in English. In Irish Mac sounds different and Mc isn't used.

But the PP didn't say that in some accents it's mellow. The claim was that in some dictionaries it's mellow, and that the dictionary posted was one of them. It wasn't.

The long/short a at the start is beside the point - and the 'as in' illustrations can indeed vary by accents but are only there for people who don't know the phonetic alphabet.

Agree

When I say mallow and mellow they sound the same, but I'm antipodean so there's lots of things words that we say the same but are spelled differently. Here/hear/hair, bear/beer etc.

We like to keep it simple I guess. Or lazy?

It's a regional thing. My DH is from Kent and they all say marshmellow where he's from. (It is wrong... Obviously!)

In my hice all the gels talk about marshmellow.

It's a brummie thing. My husband and kids do it tho i moan every time.

I live in Birmingham and it's definitely a marshmellow in these parts. And MACdonalds.

Yes - pronouncing it ‘mallow’!

Is this the new aitch/haitch?

My kids say marshmellow and I thought it was just them getting it adorably wrong in a bisgetti, hospicle kind of way. Didn't really actual grown ups say marshmellow.

I have never known anyone use 'Mellow'
Oh, that would annoy me but she does anyway

Can confirm as a Scottish person that it's marshMALLOW. Mellow makes no sense whatsoever.

And let's not get started on people who say Licor-ish and not Licor-isss.

I say Mallow, but also licor-ish (Irish)

I know how it's spelt but I've never heard it pronounced as mallow.

How do people pronounce any...

Love this response 🤣

North of England - pronounce it mellow - we must be an uncultured bunch 😂

I can’t bear ignorant mispronunciation. So glad I am not alone.

DH talks about pneumonics instead of mnemonics. I can’t bear not to correct him for the fear that our children say it wrong in the future. Also he says secatairs instead of secateurs. Grrrrrr

NE England and we say "marshmellow", asked my work group chat too (much to their confusion) and they all say mellow too.

We say "lick-rish"

I’ve never heard marshmellow (London), always mallow.
But sorry, @Stroopwaffels I’ve also never heard anyone pronounce liquorice lickeriss - and it’s sh here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/liquorice

This is why the younger people say it this way….

This sounds like ‘mellow’

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marshmallow