[Ads-l] How to say "figure"

[Stanton McCandlish]

"Figyer" as American is actually an over-generalization; lots of us say
"figger", especially in expressions like "figure it out" (I do, though I
use "figyur" in other senses, like "figure drawing").  The British one is
more like "figguh", at least in most (non-rhotic) dialects.

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On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 1:13 PM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> thefreedictionary has "figure" for USA as ~figyer and UK as ~figer
> (figger)'  I've been hearing ~figer lately and couldn't~ figyer out why.
> New to me.
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