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Word: urr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

...accent, apparent to a trained ear. A Virginian pronounces ou sounds with a quick upward-looping inflection, so that "out" sounds like "a-oot." A North Carolinian may leave out the r's in "carry," but he puts a heavy r in certain other words. He says "Yes urr no" instead of "Yes uh no," as most Southerners would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cherce v. Grahss | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

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