Err Pronunciation

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
Sounds a bit Scottish to me.

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
I wouldn't do it myself, but I suppose some might argue that, since it derives from Latin 'errare' and few pronounce that as Urr-arry, such pronunciation is faithful to the original. Not that that's a particularly good argument.
My experience is that 'air' is the pronunciation favoured by snobs. Wh

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
Yes, if you are a Liverpudlian.

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[nq:2]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, if you are a Liverpudlian.[/nq]
Err, I've never heard any other pronunciation. What more justification is required?
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[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
That's the pronunciation most people hear, so that's what they say.

Don't be to hard on people who mispronounce, or you'll have no defense when you find out what words you mispronounce.

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
errable
errand
errant
errata
erratum
Errol
(for some) erroneous
error
bite me.

Martin Ambuhl

[nq:1]Err, I've never heard any other pronunciation. What more justification is required?[/nq]
Same here...
(Urrur? Urroneous? Alien.)

Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
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[nq:2]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't do it myself, but I suppose some might argue that, since it derives from Latin 'errare' and few ... Not that that's a particularly good argument. My experience is that 'air' is the pronunciation favoured by snobs. Why they[/nq]
"Air" might be acceptable, at least these days, but if

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err""air"?[/nq]
For me, and a lot of English people, there's a problem: I (we) can't pronounce "err" or "erred" with the sound I/we use in "error", "Eric", etc., so a choice has to be made between "ur(d)" and "air(d)". It's Hobson's choice. The sound "ur" is ugly ("He erred on the side of caution, or was it on Capital

[nq:1]Out of curiosity, does anyone find any justification for pronouncing "err" "air"?[/nq]
The answer is yes, many people find justification for pronouncing "err" as "air." Among them, it appears, are the editors of the following online dictionaries, all of whom report it as an unexceptionable pronounciation:
Cambridge
Merriam-Webster
American Heritage
Infoplease
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