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[Lynne Murphy]

--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
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