How do YOU say it?

Up North also...marshmellow here ..but do say mallow re the plant....

ps actually find marshmellow easier to say than marshmallow..

Thank you to those that posted 're my "farmer" sentence! I've always felt that it is quite a good example of the vagaries (sp?) of the English language!

It's Marshmallow!

grannysue05
Of course you have an accent, we all have accents!
I'm Cheshire born and bred, and have an accent, obviously northern, and quite obviously Cestrian! I also speak quickly, as do most north westerners.
Cheshire has many accents, there are no similarities at all between the accents of Neston, Nantwich, Lymm, Northwich and Macclesfield, which are all in Cheshire!
The exception to the rule, of course, is the 'accent' of the ladies of the 'Cheshire Set' who have no discernable accent owing to them sounding as though they have a mouthful of marbles!

Why on earth would you say 'mellow'when the word is spelt 'mallow' ???

Marshmallow for me. Posh would emphasis the 'low' sound, not change the mallow to mellow. Try it!

Since people probably don’t see where this is shared there are 16 replies on Facebook and they seem in favour of marshmallow. Only one on Twitter and they think marshmellow. I would a,ways say marshmallow.

I'm intrigued that people talk so much about marshmallows. I don't think I've heard them mentioned for months.

Connie - there are always packets of marshmallows in my kitchen cupboard - mini ones for floating on hot chocolate in the winter and large ones to toast on a dying barbeque in the summer. I live in an area in Scotland where back in the 50s/60s we were known as "speaking the best Queen's English in the country" but I don't think that holds true now.

Conni, that's the beauty of GN!!

6 pages about marshmallows?! I confess I only looked at the first & last pages so maybe there's been some diversion in the middle?
It's definitely mAllow anyway, so that's that.

Surely Mellow means laid back. And Mallow is a flower that is edible and will take on the flavour of anything. So I conclude it’s Marshmallow, predictive txt seems to agree with me.

Grevious instead of grievous .

I say mellow. Also say ‘mawve’ ( the colour), drives my sister mad ?, says I’m the only person in the world that doesn’t say ‘mowve’.
Also said ’tossled’ instead of ‘tousled’, until I learned better recently.
I think it comes from reading to myself as a child, old habits die hard.
Sister still loves me though.

Even worse in our house - Marshmella

'mawve' yes and?

phoenix I hope you know that's an Australian in the spoof YouTube clip? All his other words are Aussie.

It's a pity they didn't use a proper Kiwi actor for that, it would have been funnier because we actually do pronounce 'deck' that way.

And heaven help your self-esteem if you're called Peggy.

But as marshamallows come from the mallow plant, there's no dispute - other than how people say it.

This depends on where you live and your accent,
I would go with marshmallow.
As I have lived in the area of the potteries for about 30 yrs now, I have picked up several local pronounciations and what would be incorrect grammar without realising if you hear people saying them enough.

I have also caught the accents of say a welsh person who I have been with for some time.
To say Go FOR rather than TO is one I find myself saying.
It can seem I am taking the micky.

Well, the majority have definitely gone for Marshmallow with an 'a' sound. I still can't say I've ever heard it pronounced that way. Must live a sheltered life.