Date:  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:49:34 -0400

From:  "H. Stephen STRAIGHT (Binghamton University/SUNY)"

     <sstraigh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BINGSUNS.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: pronunciation: jewelry



> Subject: 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

> New York, NY



JEWL-ry (two syllables), every time. But then I'm from Shuh-KAW-go, so

what can you expect?



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