"bugger" [bUg at r]?!

[Jonathan Lighter]

/bUg at r/ is the usu. English pronunciation in may places, including
Liverpool.

It may be more to the point that the repeated "u" is more attractive in
print.

JL


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> If "bugger" is "booger" then "sugar" is "shagger". Or vice versa... or
> something like that.
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>      VS-)
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> On 4/21/2013 1:22 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > ...
> > "sweet sugar-booger"
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> > Are there speakers who pronounce _bugger_ as "booger"? Or is it rather
> the
> > case that there are speakers who pronounce _sugar_ as "shugger"?
> >
> > Youneverknow.
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