--- Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > legitimize it the same way they did with the mispronunciations of
> > "February"> (feb-YOO-ary)
> and "nuclear" (NOOK-yoo-lar).> > (If I live to be a thousand, I will never
> say "NOOK-yoo-lar,"
> no many how many> scholars say it and point confidently to a dictionary.)>
>
> You might be able to help me out.
> Often, when I watch US shows like '24' and 'Lost', I hear what I believe is a
> weird way of
> saying 'mirror'
>
> Am I right in that some Americans pronounce this as "mee your" instead of
> "mih-rur"? Part of me
> says I've mis-heard it but it's happened too often!
I think the customary pronunciation here is something like "mee-rur", though if
you've ever
listened to Bush speak about the "war on tear", you know some Americans have
trouble with the
"rur" syllable. Could that explain it?
