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Worcester (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa.It is the third-largest city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located 120 kilometres (75 mi) north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg.
Do not include them for common English words just because they have pronunciations that might be counterintuitive for those learning the English language (laughter, sword). If the name consists of more than one word, include pronunciation only for the words that need it (all of Jean van Heijenoort but only Cholmondeley in Thomas P. G ...
The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
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Worcester, England, located about two hours north of London, is a historic town, but it’s most famous for its primary invention, Worcestershire sauce. Where did Worcestershire sauce come from?
Well the majority of people in Worcester speak Afrikaans and the Afrikaans pronounciation is with a "v", so it would sound like VOOS-tər Bezuidenhout 13:02, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Agreed. But in South African English, it is pronounced like the English one. - htonl 11:30, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
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The description of South African voiceless stops as unaspirated is also technically wrong as pointed out in the edit comment, Xhosa p, t, k would be examples of unaspirated voiceless stops but neither first language English speakers in SA nor people with a Xhosa accent pronounce English p, t, k as unaspirated, first language speakers pronounce ...