fruneral

[Nancy Hall]

Has anyone heard the pronunciation "fruneral" for "funeral"?

There are websites where the word is consistently spelled this way (e.g.
http://blog.myspace.com/17375928).

One blogger describes this pronunciation as British: "His language is
full of colourful British expressions. He says 'Fruneral' instead of
Funeral and 'Birfday' instead of Birthday"
(http://www.jade-leaves.com/Ceit/ela/ela1_2.PDF). Another internet
chatter implies it is AAVE: "I think boots is one of the coloreds. I
wonder if he says 'scrawberry', 'credik' and 'fruneral' too?"

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