Liquorice

Licorish

likoriss

Plus one for likoriss.

Licorish

Licorish

Lickerish? Lickorish? It's one of those words that the more you say it the dafter it sounds

Time for another vote for likoriss.

Likkeriss

Lickorish! Away to the stocks for all you lickoriss folk!

We will pelt you with lickorish all sorts.

Lickoriss. Is it a geographical thing? My English friends say "lickorish" and my Scottish ones say "lickoriss".

rosesarered, you are welcome to pelt me with liquorice allsorts, however you care to say it, as I love them

I'm not Scottish...

Lickorish allsorts

Likoriss. I'm Scots and I can't stand it.

Ana you are officially outed as being Scottish! Move North of the border immediately if not sooner.

Welcome Ana! You can share my allsorts when rosesarered chucks them.

I don't think Greyduster is Scottish either...

anno. You can't stand being Scots ?

But what the heck! I like the blue bobbly ones and the pink bobbly ones - not keen on the sandwich types.

Ooh yes, just noticed anno's post!

How can it be liquorish if it ends in 'ice'? Where does the 'ish' come in? And why are liquorice allsorts smaller now than they used to be? And you don't get many Berties either, now! No, i'm not Scottish - I wouldn't make a very good Scot, i'm afraid; I don't like bagpipes!

Just one of those eccentricities of our language I think greyduster. Allsorts are definitely not as good as they were, I agree. Another gripe of mine is that flying saucers contain so much less sherbet.

Ish, and I love it. Desperately trying to think of any other -ice ending pronounced -ish, but I'm drawing a blank....

Oo, and flying saucers . I used to like those tubes of sherbet with licquorice straws - I'll be looking for them in the supermarket now.