pronounciation questions

#1 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:06 pm

is it (bear)yl or (burr)yl?

Recurve · #2 Postby **Recurve** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:07 pm

It's spelled the same as the mineral, which I've always heard as bare-l, but that doesn't mean anything I guess.

#3 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:09 pm

TWC says the other but...

Regit · #4 Postby **Regit** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:21 pm

The NHC says to pronounce it BER-ril, which would sound like Cheryl. Their pronunciation guide says to pronounce Bertha as BUR-tha, so thus, in Beryl's case, it's pronounced as a short e, rather than a u.

http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/p ... 06curr.pdf

Aquawind · #5 Postby **Aquawind** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:48 pm

THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF TROPICAL
STORM BERYL IS BERLE... LIKE THE LAST NAME OF MILTON BERLE.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2006/di ... .005.shtml?

#6 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:48 pm

so its a boy?

#7 Postby **cycloneye** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:52 pm

REGARDING THE PRONUNCIATION OF BERYL...A REVIEW OF SEVERAL
DICTIONARIES SHOWS THAT BOTH BER'-IL AND BURL ARE ACCEPTED
PRONUNCIATIONS...AND IN FACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTIVE
SPECIFIES THE FORMER...TWO SYLLABLE...PRONUNCIATION. THE ONLY BERYL
I PERSONALLY KNOW ALSO PRONOUNCES IT BER'-IL. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
CONFUSION.

From 11 PM Discussion.Forecaster is Richard Pasch.

Aquawind · #8 Postby **Aquawind** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:52 pm

Well..LOL Good Question.. They just mentioned it again..It's a Metro thingy.. :lol:

REGARDING THE PRONUNCIATION OF BERYL...A REVIEW OF SEVERAL
DICTIONARIES SHOWS THAT BOTH BER'-IL AND BURL ARE ACCEPTED
PRONUNCIATIONS...AND IN FACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTIVE
SPECIFIES THE FORMER...TWO SYLLABLE...PRONUNCIATION. THE ONLY BERYL
I PERSONALLY KNOW ALSO PRONOUNCES IT BER'-IL. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
CONFUSION.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MI ... 0247.shtml

Website · #9 Postby **Brent** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:52 pm

fact789 wrote:so its a boy?

No, it's a girl(or supposed to be). Alberto and Chris are boys. :wink:

#10 Postby **AnnularCane** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:53 pm

I've always pronounced it BER-il. I won't pronounce it "burl", it just sounds too ugly that way.

#11 Postby **abajan** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:53 pm

If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

Regit · #12 Postby **Regit** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:54 pm

They really need to make up their minds. It's going back and forth. :lol:

I'm just going to stick with what they said at the beginning of the season, BER-ril.

#13 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:55 pm

im gonna say bearyl

Regit · #14 Postby **Regit** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:57 pm

abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

Really? I didn't remember a debate over that one. Georges is a fairly common name and is pronounced Zhorzh. The only thing I remember then was local mets mispronouncing it. :lol:

#15 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:58 pm

Regit wrote:
abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

Really? I didn't remember a debate over that one. Georges is a fairly common name and is pronounced Zhorzh. The only thing I remember then was local mets mispronouncing it.

ya mean i've been say it with a g for 3 years now for nothing?

Hohwxny · #16 Postby **Hohwxny** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 pm

From the 11 p.m. Discussion:

REGARDING THE PRONUNCIATION OF BERYL...A REVIEW OF SEVERAL
DICTIONARIES SHOWS THAT BOTH BER'-IL AND BURL ARE ACCEPTED
PRONUNCIATIONS...AND IN FACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTIVE
SPECIFIES THE FORMER...TWO SYLLABLE...PRONUNCIATION. THE ONLY BERYL
I PERSONALLY KNOW ALSO PRONOUNCES IT BER'-IL. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
CONFUSION.

:uarrow:

Well, looks like both ways are acceptable

cheezyWXguy · #17 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:03 pm

abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

R u talking about Georges of '98? I still dont know how to pronounce it...I hope they retired the name because I really dont wanna go thru with my arguements against myself about the pronounciation

#18 Postby **Andrew92** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:06 pm

cheezywxman wrote:
abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

R u talking about Georges of '98? I still dont know how to pronounce it...I hope they retired the name because I really dont wanna go thru with my arguements against myself about the pronounciation

They did, otherwise it would have appeared in 2004, and the 2004 G storm was Gaston.

I've always pronounced it BER'-il and I'm not changing my mind. I even tried "burl" when they said that's how it is pronounced, but I couldn't get myself to say it that often at all.

-Andrew92

Hohwxny · #19 Postby **Hohwxny** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:07 pm

cheezywxman wrote:
abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

R u talking about Georges of '98? I still dont know how to pronounce it...I hope they retired the name because I really dont wanna go thru with my arguements against myself about the pronounciation

Yes, that is Georges from 1998 and the name was retired.

Hohwxny · #20 Postby **Hohwxny** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:08 pm

Andrew92 wrote:
cheezywxman wrote:
abajan wrote:If you think the debate over pronouncing Beryl's bad, anyone remember George a couple years ago?

(I don't think I spelled it correctly above but I thing the NHC said it was correctly pronounced as Zorse or something like that!)

R u talking about Georges of '98? I still dont know how to pronounce it...I hope they retired the name because I really dont wanna go thru with my arguements against myself about the pronounciation

They did, otherwise it would have appeared in 2004, and the 2004 G storm was Gaston.

I've always pronounced it BER'-il and I'm not changing my mind. I even tried "burl" when they said that's how it is pronounced, but I couldn't get myself to say it that often at all.

-Andrew92

Hey Andrew92, that is the way I have been pronouncing it as well, and I heard yesterday the OCMs on TWC pronouncing it Ber-il, as well.

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