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[Opinions] Re: US Weather Bureau and pronunciation of Beryl

by Laurie (guest)

7/19/2006, 2:10 PM

in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans

I never heard of Beryl pronounced as Berle. But I don't pronounce it Bear-ull, either. More like Ber-ull.

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- Laurie (guest) +3

7/19/2006, 2:11 PM

One more thing

A better spelling to show how I pronounce it might be Beh-rull.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +2

7/19/2006, 2:22 PM

Ok, but personally I don't see that there is much difference between "Bear-ull" and "beh-rull". They really seem to be describing the same pronuciation to me. In normal speech no one is going to hear a difference in whether the "r" is in the first or last syllable.

- Laurie (guest)

7/20/2006, 6:32 AM

I was having a hard time describing how I'd pronounce it. There is a difference, but I probably wasn't explaining it well. Bear-ull sounds very southern to me. Bear, like the animal, would be different to the sound Beh makes, but I'm not sure how I can explain it better!

I agree with the person who said it would be pronounced like Cheryl, but then I think even Cheryl must be pronounced differently by region.

- Rachel (floppery)

7/19/2006, 2:41 PM

To me there is a diffrence.

Bear-ul is pronounced like the objec "Barrel"
Beh-rull- has a short 'e' opposed to a long one.

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