Message: "Re: Beryl?" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Re: Beryl?

by Matthew (guest)

9/24/2004, 8:31 AM

I've also heard it pronounced like "burl," which just makes me think of Burle Ives!

- shantastic

9/24/2004, 1:35 PM

That sounds like...

a southern thing. I was born in Georgia and lived there a while, and I think that southerners would probably pronounce Beryl as "burl"...

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