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Warship “wor ship” and worship “wur ship”.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That depends on the accent, tbh.

In my area, the ship on the sea is more like whar or wahr, and worship is more were-ship as in "it were a ship for war", and not a person that changes into a ship at the full moon; or wurship, depending on how you pronounce your "u"s

Then again, we also pronounce where in multiple ways, depending on exactly what town and county you're from. It can be said as war, whar, whir, or way-ur

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I pronounce them the same. Grew up on the west coast.

[–] teft 6 points 1 year ago

I pronounce them the same. Grew up on the east coast.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I pronounce them differently, and I grew up on the West coast, too. California, in my case. Did you grow up in Warshington?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I grew up in WA and I say it how OP does. I wonder there this person is from, too.

[–] CaptainMcMonkey 1 points 1 year ago

Anything to do with ‘r’s is a bit contentious. Like America still uses ‘r’s how they’re written.

Now the British are like “Goodness me, you still pronounce the ‘r’ in cah and fah? How uncouth, we’ve moved those pesky ‘r’s to other words ages ago”.

“Moved to where?”

“Any word ending in the lettah ‘a’ I suppose.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For me, the wor in worship sounds like "were" (eg. they were naked), and the war in warship sounds like "wore" (eg. they wore clothes).

Maybe this is what OP means. Warship is pronounced wor-ship (And Worship is pronounced wer-ship)

[–] CaptainMcMonkey 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Eye Warship Satin 🤘😈

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worcestershire sauce, anyone?

[–] tpihkal 1 points 1 year ago

Yes please!

[–] dukethorion 1 points 1 year ago

Warship is just the Dollar Store version of the game Battleship.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And warr ship is a geordie claiming ownership of the boat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well he is chief engineer, and knows the warp core inside and out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago