# How to pronounce Worcestershire sauce? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904 "2012-10-06T15:20:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/1 "2012-10-06T15:20:06Z")
I’m watching the cooking channel and some guy just pronounced it Wister Shire sauce. I think something that I put into just about any meat and/or savory sauce should have a name everyone can pronounce. Me? I say Woostershistershoostershire (not kidding) because I DON’T KNOW! Wooster sauce? Wostersure? Wister? What??!!??? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/2 "2012-10-06T15:24:10Z")
Possibly woorster-sher? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/3 "2012-10-06T15:25:14Z")
Brit here, I’ve always known it a Wusster. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/4 "2012-10-06T15:25:35Z")
Wikipedia. Haha. Just kidding. It’s really more like worst usher – hey that could be the best mnemonic band name ever! Lol! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/5 "2012-10-06T15:28:25Z")
Is this a woosh -ter-sher. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/6 "2012-10-06T15:29:01Z")
Wister. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/7 "2012-10-06T15:32:55Z")
I say _wuss-ter-sher_, slight emphasis on the first syllable. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/8 "2012-10-06T15:34:47Z")
Can we at least agree on how many syllables there are in it? No, we can’t, can we? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/9 "2012-10-06T15:34:47Z")
The county from which it takes its name is pronounced “ **woost** -er-sher” (“ **woost** -uh-shuh” in typical British accent, the “oo” representing the sound in “look”, not “loop”). Some people apparently drop the “-sher” when referring to the sauce, hence “wooster”, like Bertie Wooster, or indeed the city of Worcester. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/10 "2012-10-06T15:44:56Z")
I’ve always just pronounced it “Lea and Perrins” ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/11 "2012-10-06T15:50:40Z")
I’ve always heard it as wurst-ta-sure and pronounce it the same. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/12 "2012-10-06T15:58:29Z")
La sauce anglaise, according to my Walloon friends. They really can’t say it. They used to ask me to say it, like a party trick. Also, they wanted me to say “Gilbert”, like from Anne of Green Gables. They loved the English pronunciation. wurshtisher - wow, that’s ugly, but delicious. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/13 "2012-10-06T16:00:23Z")
Wur-ista-chested-erse-ter-er-sher-er Sow-sa Anyhow, that’s one of the ways it’s\* not \*pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/14 "2012-10-06T16:16:44Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Brit here, I’ve always known it a Wusster. Yes, as in “pass the wusster”. But if it’s the whole thing, it’s more like “wusstersher sauce”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/15 "2012-10-06T16:20:18Z")
Wus-ta-sheer. You know, like how we New Englanders say Worcester (Wusta) but add the word for see-through fabric to the end. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/16 "2012-10-06T16:34:24Z")
You pronounce it in the same way you would pronounce the town of Worcester. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/17 "2012-10-06T17:37:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Wus-ta-sheer. You know, like how we New Englanders say Worcester (Wusta) but add the word for see-through fabric to the end. Like this, but how many of you can pronounce **[Rødgrød Med Fløde](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkvqJJvR9U)** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/18 "2012-10-06T17:38:30Z")
It’s pronounced Worce- ster similar to Glouce-ster. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/19 "2012-10-06T17:48:48Z")
Strictly speaking it’s “Wooster-shuh sauce”, but the vast majority of people in Britain call it “Wooster sauce”. Or “Lea & Perrins”. I’ve never heard it called “Wister”, so that may be a weird fush-and-chups style New Zealand mangling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904/20 "2012-10-06T18:25:13Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > La sauce anglaise, according to my Walloon friends. Salsa inglesa, around here. (Soy sauce is salsa china.) Much simpler. I’ve always said wus-tuh-shuh sauce. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-worcestershire-sauce/636904.md?page=2)