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Loki:
How do you pronounce Rochester and Worcester?

LTK:
If I remember correctly it's Roster and Wescter.

pwhodges:
Ro-che-ster
Wu-ster
^ as in "wood", not "woo"

Incidentally, in contrast with Cirencester (Si-ren-se-ster), Bicester (a town near Oxford) is pronounced just Bi-ster (Bi as in "biscuit", not "bicycle") with the same elision as Worcester.

Papersatan:
Rah-chest-er

(being from the one in NY. :)  )

Pilchard123:
I take great delight in pronouncing Worcestershire as "Worr-ces-ter-shire" at work, in my most yokel-ish voice and watching everyone cringe.

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