[Ads-l] 'tor toyce

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like me, Merriam-Webster never heard of it.

JL

On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 3:02 AM Daphne Preston-Kendal <dpk at nonceword.org>
wrote:

> On 9 Nov 2023, at 04:58, James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:
>
> > According to OEDO, TOR-toyss is the second common pronunciation in
> British English, with TOR-toyz third.
>
> Yes, as a BrE speaker it seems a totally normal pronunciation to me.
>
>
> Daphne
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