The fact that 'Worcester' is pronounced 'Wooster' is wild.
But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from?
'Weogornaċeaster'.
It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)".
Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:
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