ERR

[Herb Stahlke]

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
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