Date:  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:09:22 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: pronunciation: jewelry



>I've always pronounced it as "jewl-er-ee," and occasionally wondered

>why it's pronounced that way, but I've never heard any other pronunciation.

>How do the rest of you pronounce "jewelry"?

>

>Vicki Rosenzweig

>vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com

>New York, NY



I say it the way that you do. A common pronunciation in Central Georgia

sounds like "jewry."







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu