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Pronouncing "Bury"
April 2, 2011 8:51 am
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Why do we pronounce bury like berry and not jury? The word originates in the Old English term byrgan, and the pronunciation apparently evolved differently in different parts of England. Grant explains why many terms go mispronounced if we read things without hearing them out loud. This is part of a complete episode.
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