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[Dick Heaberlin]

M Lynne Murphy wrote:
>
>Then again, the joke could have originated in England...
>The only American I ever knew to say 'ur' was my high school
>English
>teacher.
>
I also had a teacher insist on this pronunciation. The prevailing
pronunciation in East Texas was with /E/.  It didn't rhyme with "air,"
which was pronounced  with /ae/.

Dick Heaberlin
Southwest Texas State University,
which is, of course, in Central Texas.