ERR

[Pearsons, Enid]

I, too, am an ur-sayer.  But then, some of us like to refer jokingly to the
mistake as an UR-ur.

Enid

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herb Stahlke [mailto:HSTAHLKE at GW.BSU.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: ERR
>
>
> Add me to the ur-list.  Actually, I'm starting to pronounce it
> proto-
>
> Herb
>
> >>> lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK 02/08/01 10:38AM >>>
> --On Thursday, February 8, 2001 9:26 am +0800 Laurence Horn
> <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
>
> > This, just arrived on a jokes list, suggests that the "ur"
> > pronunciation is still dominant.  The first two, at least,
> don't work
> > on "air", and it's significant that none of them require the
> "air"
> > version.
>
> Then again, the joke could have originated in England...
> The only American I ever knew to say 'ur' was my high school
> English
> teacher.
>
> M Lynne Murphy
> Lecturer in Linguistics
> School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
> University of Sussex
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>
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