How do you pronounce "bury"?

glennmagusharvey · 2016-09-19 22:25:04

Does it rhyme with "ferry" or "furry" or something else?

Tre · 2016-09-19 22:28:40

glennmagusharvey · 2016-09-19 22:31:16

nice song

for some reason the voice makes me think of RWBY which reminds me i need to watch Season 3

ironically it doesn't quite answer my question because i can't quite hear conclusively which one it is

Tre · 2016-09-19 22:32:11

"ferry"

criminalscum · 2016-09-19 22:39:25

"marry"

buttercrispy · 2016-09-19 22:40:00

it depends on which dialect I'm grabbing from usually? Like typically I pronounce it as a homophone to berry, but if I'm pulling from the area with crick and roof without the long o, then to rhyme with furry is more likely to come out? (thank u summers in the tristate for messing up my accent)

Imipolex G · 2016-09-19 23:11:48

like berry, as in Chuck Berry

SF_Sorrow · 2016-09-19 23:12:13

I think I say it both interchangeably

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-19 23:24:23

When I'm just talking, it tends to be quasi-homophonous with "berry," if not quite the same—the e in "berry" is more a-like—but when I read it the "hurry"/"furry" pronunciation takes over.

Tatterhood · 2016-09-19 23:26:40

always rhyming with ferry

Tachyon · 2016-09-19 23:34:30

It's exactly the same as 'berry' for me.

Tatterhood · 2016-09-20 00:13:09

Tachyon said:
It's exactly the same as 'berry' for me.

Same for me but I know people who grew up in the same area that say it slightly differently.

eriophora zia · 2016-09-20 04:28:09

Sredni Vashtar said:
When I'm just talking, it tends to be quasi-homophonous with "berry," if not quite the same—the e in "berry" is more a-like—but when I read it the "hurry"/"furry" pronunciation takes over.

I do this as well.

Fossilmaiden · 2016-09-20 09:35:57

Like berry. But not like strawberry, which is strawbrie.

Tachyon · 2016-09-20 13:53:48

Oh yeah, same.

Well, i think there's a tiny-but-audible unstressed syllable when i say it. STRAW-br-EE, GOOSE-br-EE, BLACK-br-EE. It disappears if i'm talking fast and then it's just strawbree.

Tachyon · 2016-09-20 13:57:33

e.g.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0aDYH2QOvaq

(apologies for crappy mic/crappier voice)

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-09-20 15:13:05

...you have a very pleasantly androgynous voice.

Imipolex G · 2016-09-21 01:58:09

Strawbrry Fields Forever

Tachyon · 2016-09-21 03:14:50

^^ oh, well, thanks

i'm very self-conscious about it, which means everything i say feels kind of forced/fake somehow

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