How do you pronounce "Grocery"

[IASTATE07]

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

My wife says pacific instead of specific.

That's expecially bad.

 

[Cyfan1965]

You could say you are "going for the messages" referring to grocery shopping- Prob solved you're welcome

 

[MeanDean]

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.

4th Generation Iowan. Never noticed anyone saying Grosheries; only grosseries or grossries. And said Warsh and Warshington as a child so it's probably even more regional. Maybe central Iowa???

The other one I hear a lot in the lower tier of counties in Iowa is "FEESH" instead of FISH

Also had a friend of a friend from near Ottumwa, called the thing you hook to the dog's collar to take him/her for a walk, a "LISH" instead of LEASH.

 

[Tre4ISU]

Looks like 23 people don't know how it actually sounds when they say the word.

If not I'd like to hear them say suspicion, citing their previous grammar rules.

 

[jcyclonee]

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

My wife says pacific instead of specific.

My wife says "gray duck" instead of "goose".

 

[jcyclonee]

I spent some time researching this and discovered that, when I read it, I pronounce it "gro-ser-ee" in my head. However, when I actually say it, I pronounce it "groesh-ree".

 

[GTO]

I spent some time researching this and discovered that, when I read it, I pronounce it "gro-ser-ee" in my head. However, when I actually say it, I pronounce it "groesh-ree".

Sounds like you're bi...



...lingual?

 

[jcyclonee]

Sounds like you're bi...



...lingual?

Being married for 20 years, I feel like I've become a...



...lingual

 

[JM4CY]

Being married for 20 years, I feel like I've become a...



...lingual

Or a pri.....



.....soner

 

[SpokaneCY]

Grosh - ries... Or provisions.

 

[SpokaneCY]

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.

So she also calls you a deek?

 

[johnstoncy]

I go to the gross-ery store to get my grosheries.

 

[khardbored]

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

Maybe he lives in the same town as Dennis the Menace or Leave it to Beaver in 1950.

"I wonder if we could ask Mr. Lawrence, the grocer, for help?"

 

[BikeSkiClone]

More like "Grow-shree".

I also had a fairly profound speech difficulties as a kid (Ls, Rs, and Ss - hit the jackpot, yeah!), and guess I always thought maybe it was a remnant of that. Years of speech therapy fixed a lot of it, but it still comes out as an adult when I'm nervous, in a rush, or drinking.

 

[Jer]

I hate the sound of the word so I just say “store” or “food”. Same type of terrible sound as jewelry and wash.

 

[JaCyn]

I don't worsh my clothes and I don't shop for grosh-eries.

Illegitimate

 

[herbicide]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/grocery

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[CRcyclone6]

Hy vee or Fareway

 

[cmjh10]

Majority rules *******!! You gross people GTFO!

 

[CycloneWanderer]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/grocery

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Merriam-Webster is better here.