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[robkelk]

How do you get only two syllables out of "worcestershire?" Leave the "shire" out entirely? But that's the part that tastes the best! I tend tend to season it with a few extra syllables myself, like Bugs Bunny anointing the Sheriff of Nottingham "Sir Loin of Beef, Earl of Woosta-soosta-soosta-sheer!"

If you leave the "shire" out entirely, then you only have a one-syllable word.

Pronounce it something like the name of the guy Jeeves works for: "worcester" ("woost") is the first syllable, and "shire" ("sher") is the second. So, yeah, Bugs is adding all those extra syllables in the middle of the word.