To think it's Ter -meric and not Too-meric?

[MereDintofPandiculation]

Listening to the Food Programme this morning about adulteration of herbs and spices, and nearly every one was pronouncing Turmeric as if it didn't have the first "r". Is that right? Have I been saying it wrong for years?

Agreed.
But it's also "yogg-urt" and not "yoh-gurt".

Turr meh ric

Even worse is Tyewmeric!!

In your accent. Not in mine.

Yog-gurt

Turmeric with an ‘r’, Toomeric sounds like something Joe Pesci would say in Goodfells. “Ma, what’s all the Toomeric in this dish?!”

*Goodfellas

Was coming here to say this! It actually makes me clench my fists and grind my teeth when I hear tyoumeric! Like why?! At least when people mangle almond it’s a “say what you see” mistake. Turmeric is bloody obvious when you look at it!

Yes, that's what I said!

@FuzzyPuffling

Oops typo I'm in the yo - gurt camp

Yog-gert

As in Gert lush

I’m one of those incredibly annoying people who pronounces it ‘chew-mer-ick’

It's chew-muric isn't it?

At least when people mangle almond it’s a “say what you see” mistake. So who says "Olmond" , who says "ahmond" and who says "ahlmond".

While we're at it - "wosp" or "wasp"?

No.

Over your dead body

/ˈtɜːrmərɪk, ˈtjuː-/ from Wikipedia

I'm in the "ahmond" camp. Nothing else will do. And I bloody love those little nuts!

I would also say chew-merick. Although with like a t/ch hybrid sound.

Thank you for the literal "out loud" laugh 👏🏻😅

How is that pronounced?

Tuh-mer-ric

You must live a very sheltered existence if that made you laugh out loud.

This, so OP, it it’s not what you’re saying at all

Ter-merick

There are two phonetic representations there. The first is pronounced ‘terrmeric’ and the second ‘tyoomeric’. So the dictionary is on the fence!