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Pronouncing Bury

Stacy in Eureka, California, wonders: what’s the proper way to pronounce the word bury? Should it rhyme with jury or cherry?  This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Pronouncing Bury” Hello, you have A Way with...

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Pronouncing Buried

There’s no one correct way to pronounce buried, but depending on where you live, it might be common to hear it in a way that rhymes with hurried. As the spelling of the word changed from the original old English version, byrgan, no single...

scatter hoarding

scatter hoarding  n.— «Every year, the squirrels plant a forest of pecan trees for me. They observe a practice called “scatter hoarding.” That means they harvest nuts and such and bury them all over the place. That way, no single raid by a...

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