icryyoumercy:h0odrich:ttdow:yung-witch:this child is so patient with this name thingreblogging so yo
icryyoumercy:h0odrich:ttdow:yung-witch:this child is so patient with this name thingreblogging so you all can correct people’s mispronunciations, so she doesn’t have to anymorewhite people can pronounce worcestershire sauce but want shortcuts and tutorials on how to pronounce her name… yes. We were all born knowing how to pronounce ‘worcestershire sauce’. Which is totally why I have no clue how to pronounce it.You want to complain that white people are /willing to learn/ to pronounce various words and names deemed complicated, sure, go ahead. But fuck you if you act like all white people are native English speakers, and fuck you twice if you act like pronouncing English words and names comes easily to all white people.So what if people need tutorials to pronounce her name? Everyone needs to learn how to pronounce every word they know. So long as they care to pronounce her name correctly why should it matter how they learn? Besides, the can only learn to pronounce ‘Worcester’ by ignoring half the letters. Here’s the shortcut, though: “wuss” “ter”. -- source link
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