Beh-ril, burr'uhl, and burl

[James Smith]

I, of Salt Lake City but edjicated, say "berr'-uhl".



--- "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

> Do we have another "merry, Mary, marry"?  Various
> television
> personalities (are news readers and weather mappers
> "personalities"?)
> in the Northeast are saying
>
> beh-ril (like "trill")
> burr'uhl (like "mull") --many speakers
>     and
> burl (as in Ives the folk singer)
>
> Are these regional?  (I, of New York City but
> educated, say "beh-ril").
>
> Joel
>
>
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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