"bugger" [bUg at r]?!

[Paul Johnston]

This holds for the entire North and Midlands of England down to Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and the Peterborough area.  If it were here in the States, it'd probably be for a one-off like this; someplace settled by a lot of people from this area.  I'd look for it in parts of the South, both in the Upper and Lower South.

Paul Johnston
On Apr 21, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

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> On Apr 21, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> /bUg at r/ is the usu. English pronunciation in may places, including
>> Liverpool.
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> As we know from listening to various Beatles over the years.  ("Come" is /kUm/ etc.)
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> 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:
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>>>> "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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