I've Been Pronouncing "Bury" Wrong My Entire Life (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

It's 'burr-ee' not 'bare-ee'.

 

[cstu]

I'll bet you've also been wrong on "pubes". It's pyo-beez, not pyoobs. 

Yep, there's another one:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pubes

However, I've never heard people say pee-you-beez.

 

[Joe Summer]

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/03/bury-similitude.html

 

[cstu]

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/03/bury-similitude.html

I guess 'barry' is the accepted way to say it but when I say the name of a town, like 'Woodbury', I say 'wood burry'. To me the 'burry' pronunciation makes more sense.

 

[Zegras11]

Berry and bury rhyme 

 

[Captain Cranks]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/roof?s=t

How about this one?  I hear a lot of people say it as though it rhymes with "Woof".  

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

It's almost like "bury" is spelled with a "u" for a reason...

 

[Homer J Simpson]

It's pronounced like berry.  What are you, from Minnesconsin or something?

 

[Harry Manback]

Can we get Tanner and Rude to chime in on this?

 

[gianmarco]

Can we get Tanner and Rude to chime in on this?

Can we not?

 

[Harry Manback]

Can we not?

There was an entire thread about Marry/Mary/Merry and Dawn/Don that was very entertaining .

 

[Captain Cranks]

I've always been perplexed by the "de-fense" and "da-fense"  phenomena.  I even use both.  "They played good de-fense yesterday."  "He works for the Department of Da-fense"  

 

[heckmanm]

Merriam-Webster shows both pronunciations as correct, but the one that rhymes with "berry" is listed first:

berry  \ˈber-ē, ˈbe-rē\

bury  \ˈber-ē, ˈbe-rē also ˈbər-\

 

[Tom Servo]

It's 'burr-ee' not 'bare-ee'.

It's bare-ee in western PA.  

 

[Eminence]

It's 'burr-ee' not 'bare-ee'.

No it's not. Everyone I know pronounces it the latter.

bury = berry

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Can we get Tanner and Rude to chime in on this?

Bury, berry, Barry all sound exactly the same.  They rhyme with merry, marry, and Mary.  

 

[Despyzer]

I guess 'barry' is the accepted way to say it but when I say the name of a town, like 'Woodbury', I say 'wood burry'. To me the 'burry' pronunciation makes more sense.

That's because the latter word has a different context, one that is connected to a local pronunciation or colloquialism. It's usage as part of a compound noun doesn't necessarily affect how it is spoken by itself.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

My name is Terry ...but my little league coach always called me Turry.  As in "Far that ball Turry!"

Meaning he wanted to throw it hard over the plate.

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

My name is Terry ...but my little league coach always called me Turry.  As in "Far that ball Turry!"

Meaning he wanted to throw it hard over the plate.

How many hundreds of miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line did you grow up?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

My name is Terry ...but my little league coach always called me Turry.  As in "Far that ball Turry!"

Meaning he wanted to throw it hard over the plate.

That's turrible

 

[Binky The Doormat]

How many hundreds of miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line did you grow up?

Dayton, Ohio.  

It's mainly populated with transfers from Kentucky and West Virginia.  

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Dayton, Ohio.  

It's mainly populated with transfers from Kentucky and West Virginia.  

I've never met a person who used "far" to mean "fire" and didn't live in a state that seceded from the Union.

I remember the first time hearing a co-worker from Little Rock apologize for being late with, "Had to go to the tar store," and thinking he had some urgent problem with his roof.  

 

[Short Corner]

I guess 'barry' is the accepted way to say it but when I say the name of a town, like 'Woodbury', I say 'wood burry'. To me the 'burry' pronunciation makes more sense.

Rick pronounces it BAR-ee.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I've never met a person who used "far" to mean "fire" and didn't live in a state that seceded from the Union.

I remember the first time hearing a co-worker from Little Rock apologize for being late with, "Had to go to the tar store," and thinking he had some urgent problem with his roof.  

  Weird ...I grew up in Ohio and have been in Little Rock for the last 20 years.  

And yeah, "tar" for tire is just like "far" for fire.  

Heavy on the "fixin to" as well.

 

[matuski]

You telling me it is Steph Kerry making all those 3's?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You telling me it is Steph Kerry making all those 3's?

http://i.imgur.com/imfwqlR.jpg

 

[Dr Oadi]

No it's not. Everyone I know pronounces it the latter.

bury = berry

Berry = Barry

Bury 

 

[heckmanm]

http://i.imgur.com/imfwqlR.jpg

 Every. #######. Time.

 

[cstu]

fury - not fairy
injury - not injerry
jury - not jerry
luxury - not lux-airy
mercury - not mer-carry
perjury - not per-jerry

treasury - not treas-airy
usury - not use-airy

 

[Zegras11]

fury - not fairy
injury - not injerry
jury - not jerry
luxury - not lux-airy
mercury - not mer-carry
perjury - not per-jerry

treasury - not treas-airy
usury - not use-airy

blow me - not be-low-me

 

[heckmanm]

fury - not fairy
injury - not injerry
jury - not jerry
luxury - not lux-airy
mercury - not mer-carry
perjury - not per-jerry

treasury - not treas-airy
usury - not use-airy

And yet EVERY SINGLE DICTIONARY says it rhymes with "berry"

 

[Despyzer]

The pronunciations of bough, rough, cough, and through must blow you away.

 

[cstu]

The pronunciations of bough, rough, cough, and through must blow you away.

Time to go back to the drawing board with the -ough words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_%28orthography%29

 

[gianmarco]

http://i.imgur.com/imfwqlR.jpg

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[Ilov80s]

The English language is a mess. 

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

My name is Terry ...but my little league coach always called me Turry.  As in "Far that ball Turry!"

Meaning he wanted to throw it hard over the plate.

Were you the picture? Or 2nd bass?

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

http://i.imgur.com/imfwqlR.jpg

 

[shadyridr]

Bury rhymes with berry. Hth

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Were you the picture? Or 2nd bass?

Geezus I don't read what I type enough to catch stuff.

I was the pitcher, not a drink of water.