How do You Pronounce “Victuals”?

rogersgeorge on November 24th, 2020

First, see the second panel:

strip for September / 11 / 2020 - A Quest! — http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/200911.html

It’s not /vick chu als/! I remember my high school English teacher saying it was pronounced /vittles/. Well, I just ran into the word, so I looked it up. Yup, it’s /vittles/!

I may as well add that the king didn’t need to say “old crone.” Crones are already old, so “crone” is sufficient.

Now I’m in the mood for ribs.

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