"bugger" [bUg at r]?!

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 21, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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

As we know from listening to various Beatles over the years.  ("Come" is /kUm/ etc.)

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