Lady Florida. Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I've never heard anyone say groshery, not even the people I know who warsh their clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 LOL, everyone I know says groshery. :D (But actually, it's more like grosh-ry - 2 syllables.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksr5377 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 LOL, everyone I know says groshery. :D (But actually, it's more like grosh-ry - 2 syllables.) Ack! This is how everyone I know pronounces it as well!!! I didn't even realize I was wrong all these years. When the fridge is empty we go shopping for grosh-ries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 You're not wrong. This pronunciation is widespread enough to have an entry in Merriam-Webster, but even if it wasn't, the most we could say is it's dialectical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Hmm. Never heard it pronounced any other way. How else would you pronounce it, "gross-ery"? Who does that, lol! Everyone? (Almost, apparently. ;)) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 That annoys me in the same way that it annoys me when people pronounce "stronger" as "shtronger." What in the world. I heard Michelle Obama give a speech once a couple of years ago and she kept saying something about girls and women being "shtrong" or "shtronger." I was annoyed. And shurprised. :tongue_smilie: It annoys me when people say strength as "strenth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Does the person who uses the "sh" sound also say: Warsh...as in "I need to do the warsh on Monday." LOL. I say warsh but pronounce s'more with the S and not SH. I hate that I say warsh and my kids make fun of me. My mom says it that way too and so do my brothers and sisters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 My Mom says warsh but only when she says warshcloth and not in any other context. I have no idea why. I've never heard my FIL say schmores but he adds sch to stupid. "That's just schtoopid!" Dh does it sometimes too.😡 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I pronounce it like "someMORES." Guess I have it all wrong. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 As for grocery, I've heard gross-ery and grosh'ries, but usually the former. I probably use them interchangeably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 My Mom says warsh but only when she says warshcloth and not in any other context. I have no idea why. I've never heard my FIL say schmores but he adds sch to stupid. "That's just schtoopid!" Dh does it sometimes too.😡 I like this. I might steal it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 My mother warshes clothes in Warshington to get out the stains of here Eye-talian dressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I like this. I might steal it. :D It's funny when you say it on purpose. FIL just says it way. Dh only says it when he is irritated and doesn't know he's doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 My mother warshes clothes in Warshington to get out the stains of here Eye-talian dressing. I hope she has running water and doesn't have to fetch it from a whale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Well, she has running War-ter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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