How do you pronounce "Grocery"

[dmclone]

My wife says crick instead of creek. I think it's just to annoy me since she doesn't do it for any other word.

 

[GTO]

Merriam Webster allows for both pronunciations, but it still makes no sense to me why anyone would insert an "sh" sound in there. I mean, you say "grocer" and not "grosher", so why change it for groceries?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery

grocery
noun

gro·cery | \ˈgrōs-rē, ˈgrō-sə-;ˈgrōsh-rē \
plural groceries
Definition of grocery


1groceries plural : the food and supplies sold by a grocer —usually singular in British usage

2: a grocer's store

There is a whole discussion on the topic here:

https://english.stackexchange.com/q...ican-english-to-pronounce-grocery-as-groshery

 

[GTO]

My wife says crick instead of creek. I think it's just to annoy me since she doesn't do it for any other word.

That one drives me nuts when I hear people say it.

My wife says pacific instead of specific.

 

[cyclones500]

My wife says pacific instead of specific.

You need to unfriend your wife.

 

[cyfanatic13]

Merriam Webster allows for both pronunciations, but it still makes no sense to me why anyone would insert an "sh" sound in there. I mean, you say "grocer" and not "grosher", so why change it for groceries?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery

grocery
noun

gro·cery | \ˈgrōs-rē, ˈgrō-sə-;ˈgrōsh-rē \
plural groceries
Definition of grocery


1groceries plural : the food and supplies sold by a grocer —usually singular in British usage

2: a grocer's store

There is a whole discussion on the topic here:

https://english.stackexchange.com/q...ican-english-to-pronounce-grocery-as-groshery

As a "sh" person, my argument would be that nothing in the English language makes sense

 

[jbhtexas]

Just curious...for those who say "grosh-er-ee" or "grosh-ree", do you also say "grosher" for grocer?

 

[cyfanatic13]

Just curious...for those who say "grosh-er-ee" or "grosh-ree", do you also say "grosher" for grocer?

who the **** uses grocer in a normal conversation

 

[ianoconnor]

Just curious...for those who say "grosh-er-ee" or "grosh-ree", do you also say "grosher" for grocer?

I rarely, if ever, use the word grocer.. but yes. I would say "grosher".

 

[discydisc]

 

[jbhtexas]

who the **** uses grocer in a normal conversation

Literate people, so don't sweat it...

 

[Cardinal and Gold]

Well, I think the sh sound in grocery is similar to how the word “sure” is pronounced. Even though it is a “c” in grocery it has an “s” sound. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone with strong Iowan roots pronounce it without the sh sound. My family also has rural roots, so it could either be a city vs. rural thing or different classes pronounce it differently. My older family members also say warsh, I am catching myself saying it like that more the older I get.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Neither.

Grow-shrees

 

[jbindm]

Now that I think about it, I use both. I will admit that "gross-ery" has a vague British sound to it. And I'm no goddamn redcoat.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

Gross-er sounds like something a teen would say about something moist in comparison to something damp. I don't want that kind of person being associated with me food.

 

[Tony Gunk]

This seems like something that should be asked at a Mike Leach presser.

 

[cyclones500]

It's pretty simple. If you pronounce it with an "shh" sound, you're the dumbest human on the face of the planet, and you should be immediately sterilized to prevent your DNA from being passed along and further clouding the gene pool. If there's a ball peen hammer anywhere in your proximity, please do us all a favor, and hit yourself in the head with it.

Tell how you truly feel, Janny. Don't hold back!

(Also: Hyphen in "ball-peen." )

 

[ISUTex]

Grosh-ree not grossery, not grosh-ery

Grosh-Ree.

What are you guys? British?

 

[Macloney]

I've been going to the Gross-ery store for soda forever.

Side note: eck-specially makes my blood boil.

 

[cyclones500]

I've been going to the Gross-ery store for soda forever.

Side note: eck-specially makes my blood boil.

Eck-speciallly is one of the worst. It's also in the same general category as expresso and eck-cetera.

 

[cyclones500]

I've been going to the Gross-ery store for soda forever.

I think you mean "shoda."