Liquorice - Settle a bet

delta_bravo

What way should this be pronounced. I was having an argument with my friend over this. He insists it should be pronounced liquor-ice, basically merging liquor and ice into one word. However i always thought the correct pronounciation was liquor'ish'.

Any ideas?

jcoote

i'd pronounce it liquor-ish and so does eveyone else i've ever heard sayin the word but is it correct...i dunno???

homah_7ft

I've never even heard someone using the "ice" ending. Strange.

delta_bravo

homah_7ft wrote: »

I've never even heard someone using the "ice" ending. Strange.

Yeh same here. I think what he was saying is where does the 'ish' sound come from in the word and that 'ice' would suit it phonetically. It just sounds wrong though

homah_7ft

Perhaps it's due to the history of the word. I see that it comes from Anglo-French, licoris. Maybe an etymologist can explain it for us.

Faith

I'd pronounce it liquor'ish. I've heard people saying liquor'iss though.

delta_bravo

Faith wrote: »

I've heard people saying liquor'iss though.

Oh wait thats the way he says it. Is that correct?

Faith

Yeah, I think they're both equally correct.