Explain "marshmellow" please

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Wise pedants, please explain why English people say "marshmellow"? Was it a brand name? I was born in the UK but grew up in NZ. In NZ people say "marshmallow" as it is spelt. I've noticed my children say marshmellow and I'm wondering about this!!

You're right, I can't.
Please stop prodding me. You are being tiresome.

I assumed it was marshmallow because I assumed it was originally made from the marsh mallow plant.
I’ve never heard marshmellow. Even autocorrect wants to correct the e to an a.
Welsh, but living in SW England.

I’m in Scotland and have only ever heard marshmallow- never marshmellow (unless it’s said in an American accent)

I’ve just listened to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and ‘marshmallow pies’ sounds more like ‘marshmellow’ to me. I used to say mellow as a kid so don’t think it’s new.

I'm English i say marshmallow and it drives me mad to hear marshmellow especially when its a tv chef/foodie programme.

Where do you live Lyregorse? To me the vowel sound in many is completely different from the the vowel sound in man, the vowel sound in many is more like the 'e' sound in men than man.

I tried saying it several times and then resorted to googling pronunciation sites and they're also saying it's the same as the vowel sound in men.

Thank you @pigsDOfly.

I’m in Ireland (ROI).
I must have heard ‘many’ pronounced the way you say it many times on radio and television, but I never registered the different vowel sound specifically.

Yes, for me many rhymes with Benny. Man is a completely different sound in my accent.

@Lyregorse Ah, then our accents are very different, I'm SE England. Apologies if it's a variation in accent.

I kept saying it to myself and it was really puzzling me😂

Yes, it’s just different accents.
It’s sometimes surprising when you hear a word pronounced differently in isolation, rather than as part of an English- or Irish-accented flow of conversation iyswim.
Well, it is for me at least. I like it 😊

I've only met a handful of people who say marshmAllow - I am one of these people. People who say marshmellow are just wrong.

Could just eat some now.

I agree with op that I don’t think I’ve heard anyone in Scotland saying mellow which suggests an accent thing rather than some kind of common mistake or Americanism which Scots would not be immune to.

In my accent they sound practically identical.

I enjoy one with a glass of lemoncello

OH GOD THIS IS ONE OF MY PEEVES

So much I had to shout it.

I don’t know anyone called it anything but marshmallow…

God. I hate this. It’s just stupidity, nothing more.