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'Shire' - do you say 'shuh' or 'sheer'?

Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,925
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Watching old episode of Millionnaire earlier and noticed Chris Tarrant introducing some contestants eg Wendy from Wiltsheer and Darren from Hertfordsheer....

I would have pronounced those Wiltshuh and Hertfordshuh.

How do you say it?
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    Hugh JboobsHugh Jboobs Posts: 15,316
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    I probably use both. I'm a bit renegade like that.
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    Ben_CoplandBen_Copland Posts: 4,602
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    Shuh personally, but that's just my northern dialect.
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    2shy20072shy2007 Posts: 52,579
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    I live in Wiltsheer :)

    I would presume that someone from up North would say Shuh, Audrey from Corrie would!
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    BlueEyedMrsPBlueEyedMrsP Posts: 12,178
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    Neither when I'm talking about hobbits. :)
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    SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    Shy'R
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    Arial BlackArial Black Posts: 383
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    What's the colour of the boathouse at Hearford?
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    Ben_CoplandBen_Copland Posts: 4,602
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    Arial Black wrote: »
    What's the colour of the boathouse at Hearford?

    Sky blue-pink with a finny-anny border.
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    jjwalesjjwales Posts: 48,572
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    Welsh-lad wrote: »
    Watching old episode of Millionnaire earlier and noticed Chris Tarrant introducing some contestants eg Wendy from Wiltsheer and Darren from Hertfordsheer....

    I would have pronounced those Wiltshuh and Hertfordshuh.

    How do you say it?

    Same as you. But West Country people would say Wiltshurr. Lots of different accents in the UK!
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    gasheadgashead Posts: 13,819
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    I tend to say 'sher', with a hard 'er' sound, as in Gloucester-sher, Hertford-sher. It's probably a West Country thing.
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    academiaacademia Posts: 18,225
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    'shir'
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    Ben_CoplandBen_Copland Posts: 4,602
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    Also imagine Scouse is 'share'.
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    netcurtainsnetcurtains Posts: 23,494
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    Yorksheh.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,271
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    SJ_Mental wrote: »
    Shy'R

    Yep. Me too.
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    Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    I say 'Shur'
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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,114
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    Shuh.......

    unless it's Shirehorse then it's shire........
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    bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    "Sheh" unless it's Englandshire, then it's actually "shire" rather than "sheer"
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    eluf38eluf38 Posts: 4,874
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    shire, as in shire horse. Denbighsheer or Denbighshuh just sounds wrong.

    In Welsh I'd say seer for the northern counties (I work for sir y Fflint) but would automatically say sheer for sheer Benfro. I wonder if that's just because I've heard locals pronounce it that way and I automatically copy them?
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    JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Shy-er for me ..
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,925
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    When my Canadian relatives came over they pronounced it as written and said Carmarthen-shyer
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    Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    Welsh-lad wrote: »
    Watching old episode of Millionnaire earlier and noticed Chris Tarrant introducing some contestants eg Wendy from Wiltsheer and Darren from Hertfordsheer....

    I would have pronounced those Wiltshuh and Hertfordshuh.

    How do you say it?

    Sheer. I am from Hamp-sheer :)
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,925
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    eluf38 wrote: »
    shire, as in shire horse. Denbighsheer or Denbighshuh just sounds wrong.

    In Welsh I'd say seer for the northern counties (I work for sir y Fflint) but would automatically say sheer for sheer Benfro. I wonder if that's just because I've heard locals pronounce it that way and I automatically copy them?

    Yeah that's a Welsh language thing. Seer in the north and sheer in the south.
    I doubt we'll have any anyway after the pre-1996 counties are reinstated. We'll be back to Dyfed and Clwyd etc.
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    annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    shirr.
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    Glawster2002Glawster2002 Posts: 15,211
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    gashead wrote: »
    I tend to say 'sher', with a hard 'er' sound, as in Gloucester-sher, Hertford-sher. It's probably a West Country thing.

    Although most people I know where I live just say 'The Shire'... ;)
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    coughthecatcoughthecat Posts: 6,876
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    Arial Black wrote: »
    What's the colour of the boathouse at Hearford?

    I watched that again last night! :cool:

    Even now I always expect Sean Bean to respond by asking "Where the hell's Hear-ford?" :D

    In answer to the OP's question, I tend to say "-shuh" ... with one or two exceptions.
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    CSJBCSJB Posts: 6,188
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    I'm from Nottinghamshire, I pronounce shire as in the horse.
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