Liquorice

Lickorish! I was in Harrogate for the Country Living magazine Christmas Fair, and went into Farrah's sweet shop. I was in heaven. They had an entire display of liquorice sweets, all different varieties. I bought a packet of liquorice whirls, I haven't tasted them for years. They were gorgeous!

Lickeriss - I've got a book called 'How to pronounce it' and that's what it says.

I love the allsorts too, so did my sister until she was diagnosed with diabetes. Was it the allsorts or was it the g&t which went with them? (Very occasional for me, every evening for her.)

Liquorish. Horrible stuff. Turns your teeth black and has a drastic effect on the bowels!

DH is a cockney and he says lickrish without the 'o'
He should talk proper like wot I do

Here it is folks - the definitive pronunciation by the Cambridge dictionary.

Lickoriss,and I am Scottish,love liquorice in all shapes and forms,used to buy liquorice laces from tuck shop at school.

Ahaa!

As nina.

Yes - I love the allsorts too.

the blue and pink bobbly ones are the worst!The best are the brown and orange sandwich types, and the black and white ones.
It would seem the consensus is that Scots [including bagpipe Ana] say ice and the English say ish. Mind you, it may depend how posh you are as well.

anyone tried Thorntons 'lickerish' toffee?

When i was growing up, Thorntons had their factory not far from where I lived. At that time, they were a relatively small concern which only sold its toffee and chocolates in the Yorkshire area. I remember wanting to work there when i left school because you could, apparently, eat as many chocolates as you wanted ! I wouldn't buy them now; they're not nearly as nice as they used to be.

Just noticed the ambiguity in my last post! . Can't stand liquorice however it's pronounced. On the other hand, I am glad I'm Scots.

Never liked liquorice in sweets- but when we were kids, we used to buy liquorice sticks to such and chew for 1/2 centime- much better for your teeth I'm sure, and great for digestion.

'Lickerish' is now being grown commercially again (on a small scale) in Yorkshire.
So lucky to live in a county that is famous for so much lovely food especially 'lickerish' grown near Pontefract, rhubarb around Wakefield and Wenslydale cheese at Hawes.

Oh nearly forgot Yorkshire puds and Yorkshire tea !

You have made us hungry tiggy

Iss - for me. Is there a north /south divide on this? I am north.

I don't pronounce it because it's absolutely disgusting.
So are Fisherman's Friends, Victory Vs, Extra Strong Mints, pineapple chunks, Parma Violets. I hope most of these are now extinct.

No, none of them are. You must have very sensitive taste-buds, apricot!

My brother and I used to have competitions to see who could keep sucking a Victory V the longest. We made our own entertainment in them days!
I loved Parma Violets.

I thought pineapple chunks were the most disgusting sweets ever invented.

Pear drops were nice, though!

And coconut mushrooms! Yum!

When I was a child, no sweet was too disgusting to me, I welcomed them all,even parma violets and those tiny little red lips sweets, also lovehearts,
Pineapple chunks and sour lemons ( and the pear drops that tasted like nail polish) but my absolute fave was jap desserts.