Jessie James Decker.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty
Jason Kempin/Getty
Jessie James Deckeris not backing down.
On Tuesday, the country singer posted a series ofInstagramStories where she revealed the unique way she pronounces the word “oyster.” The Stories resulted in a debate among her fans and confirmation on the “right” way to pronounce the word from Decker’s own grandmother.
In her initial story,Deckerexplains that she and her sister,Sydney Rae Bass, are on the way home from lunch. The singer then pans to a takeout container in the center console and casually says, “You guys, look. She bought oysh-churs home.”
“Who brings oysh-churs in a to-go box,” Decker asks confidently, as Bass explains that the box of shellfish “smell[s] so bad, now.”
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“They’re making fun of me,” Decker laments. “They’re saying that I’m saying it wrong.”
“What are you supposed to say, eyes-churs?” Bass asks. Decker simply replies, “I have no idea.”
“They’re trying to say the ‘sh’ is silent, like it’s ‘oysters,’” she says before doubling down, “I’ve never heard of ‘oysters’ in my life.”
“There’s no ‘sh’ in oysh-chur,” Bass explains as Decker responds, “There is no ‘sh,’ but I think it’s silent. I’ve never heard anybody say, ‘Can I get some oysters.’”
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“I don’t know. I’m going to put up a poll because I’m confused,”the mother of threesays. At the time this was published, the poll was 92% in favor of “oysters” and 8% in favor of “oyshters.”
In a later Story, Decker explains that she called on more of her family to figure out how to pronounce the word. “So I asked John, ‘How do you pronounce o-y-s-t-e-r-s?’ He says ‘oysters,’ which I guess is correct,” she says recounting her conversation with her brother. “So he’s laughing at us, like where did you get that from?”
To try to get to the bottom of this linguistic mystery, Decker called her mother. “We FaceTimed Mom and said, ‘Mom, how do you pronounce ‘o-y-s-t-e-r-s?’ and she said, ‘Oysh-churs?’”
To end this saga, Decker called up her grandmother inan Instagram Reelto learn how to pronounce oysters once and for all.
“I did, like, an Instagram story, and I apparently said ‘oysh-churs’ wrong, and I was trying to figure out how do you say, ‘o-y-s-t-e-r-s,’” she explains to her grandmother.
“Oysh-churs,” her grandmother says firmly.
“They’re saying you say ‘oysters,’” Decker reveals before her grandmother chimes in saying, “No, you don’t say oysters, never heard of such.”
“That sounds like something sticking out of the ground,” Decker’s grandmother says before putting it to bed one last time. “It’s oysh-churs!”
“Alright Gee Gee, thanks for clearing it up,” Decker says to her grandmother before the video ends.
source: people.com
