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The word "shire" is often mis-pronounced. When used on its own, the word is pronounced as "shy-er". This pronounciation also applies to other uses, such as in Shire Horse, Shire Hall, Shire Way, Shire Barn and so on.
The word "shire" is often mis-pronounced. When used on its own, the word is pronounced as "shy-er". This pronounciation also applies to other uses, such as in Shire Horse, Shire Hall, Shire Way, Shire Barn and so on.
When pronounced as part of a county name in the UK, the word is pronounced as "sheer", or alternatively as "shu" (ending with the 'shway' sound conventionally represented by an inverted lower case letter 'e').
When pronounced as part of a county name in the UK, the word is pronounced as "sheer".
[[Category:sociology]]
[[Category:sociology]]