"bugger" [bUg at r]?!

[Jonathan Lighter]

It *is* here in the States, except it's spelled {booger}.

JL


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu>wrote:

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> 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.
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> On Apr 21, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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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.)
> >
> > LH
> >>
> >> 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
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> >>> If "bugger" is "booger" then "sugar" is "shagger". Or vice versa... or
> >>> something like that.
> >>>
> >>>    VS-)
> >>>
> >>> 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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