Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

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            -cester” is usually pronounced “stir”, I’d assume then “Sir In Stir” if I got the first part wrong

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              It’s English. The only rule is that actually in some cases the rules are different.