mrpushbutton Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Twice while I was at Hershey last week there were situations where the name "Derham" came up, I pronounce this name "dare-umm", which the parties I was conversing with mis-interpreted as "Darrin" and corrected me by saying "Durham" pronounced "Duur-umm", as in "Bull Durham" or "Raleigh Durham", the city in North Carolina. I look at "Der" and do not see or hear "Dur". Is this just habit? was that the (locally inflicted pronounciation in Rosemont PA?It's a minor thing, but I just don't get the heavy "U" sound in that spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I've always pronounced it Dur-umm... Der as in Perpetuate. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I'm right though, and wouldn't feel the need to "correct" someone who said it differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 What do you see when you look at the word "under"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 What do you see when you look at the word "under"?Keiser--I take that into account, but in these conversations I looked at the person speaking, and saw how their lips were formed, a definate formation for a "U" and a long (uniformly)"U" at that. The pronouncation of "der" in "Under" results in a "U" sound, but a very short one. It's no big deal, I don't lose sleep over it, it just has ne curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I'm a little like you....I lose a lot of sleep over curiosities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trunk Rack Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Twice while I was at Hershey last week there were situations where the name "Derham" came up, . . . . . It's a minor thing, but I just don't get the heavy "U" sound in that spelling.I DISAGREE. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS " a minor thing". To say that how you pronounce a long dead name is a "minor" thing, would suggest it has even SOME significance.We are still a free country. We dont (yet) have a POLITICALLY CORRECT POLICE Dept. Until we do, I pronunce what I want, the way I like it. Been in a few bar fights over the years when i was a young punk in the service. Won a few..and, to be fair....lost a few more than I won. But to date, ( and admittedly, the evening is still young...!) havn't yet met a guy that much bigger and that much meaner than me, who could tell me how to pronounce old car stuff...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Well Dave, If we meet up at a show we'll have a fine talk, with complete comphrension the first time. I am in the minority though, most I guess do pronounce it DUUUUr-mmm. I was pronouncing it more like the der sound in "derrick". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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