Before you think it I must confirm I have no unhealthy obsession with marshmallows. Even though I mention them even when there’s no need…
Anyway, my mother said something about marshmallows the other day but said it with an ‘e’ where the last ‘a’ is. Actually, to make it easier I have recorded a couple of sound files (Windows Media Audio files). I would expect people to pronounce as they see where the last ‘a’ sounds like an ‘a’.
It has since been suggested to me that Sussex accents say marshmellow and northern accents say marshmallow. Help me out with this triviality won’t you?
The sound files:
May 16th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Warwickshire here, I say marshmAllow!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I’ve always said marshmAllow - I used to eat a tub of them, all by myself, around Christmas-time every year, alongwith the largest box of Liquorice Allsorts I could find, until I learned all about the dangers of too much carbs!
By the way how do you pronounce liquorice? Liqujoris or Liqorish?
May 16th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Sorry, Liquoris or Liquorish …
May 16th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
It’s liquorish. Also, I asked a couple of people this evening (one who grew up in London and one who grew up in Sussex) and they marshmEllow!
May 17th, 2007 at 12:45 am
I thought you say that
- it’s a little like Americans pronouncing schedule as skedule whereas the British usually say shedule. Both are OK so far as I’m concerned.
May 17th, 2007 at 8:18 am
It’s skedule too