Bawsil?
I don't know how Alex pronounces the herb - BAYsil is more usual, I think - but the character on Fawlty Towers was definitely not BAWsle /'bɔː-zəl/. He was BAsil /ˈbæzˌəl/.
Alex must never have watched the show.
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At 3:11 AM, November 09, 2013
Picky had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->The herb, and the name, are BAzil in BrE.
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