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[Mark A. Mandel]

(a subject line that just misses palindromy)

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
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.
<<<<<

The most one can deduce from this datum is that the person who posted the
joke to the jokes list probably had the vocalic-R pronunciation.


-- Mark A. Mandel