More on "calvary"

James Harbeck jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Thu Apr 26 23:45:12 UTC 2007


>Oh, sorry, dialectal perspective here. I'm used to a pronunciation
>wherein the e between the b and its following r is elided entirely.

And the stress put on the first syllable, I should say. (Or, perhaps,
I shouldn't say.)

I always preferred "echo" anyway.

James Harbeck.

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