It's vacation time and so I'm posting on a perhaps frivolous topic: do you pronounce lawyer with a "law" or a "loy" as the first syllable?
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Posted by: David Cameron Carr | August 11, 2012 at 01:23 AM
The American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., says loi-yer. No second choice.
Posted by: Monroe Freedman | August 11, 2012 at 02:14 AM
@David: yes, I've always considered "law-yer" a southern and rural pronunciation.
Posted by: John Steele | August 11, 2012 at 06:26 AM
Fun. loi-er. But I have learned as a professor from my students that I say "measure" and "both" in very strange ways, they say. I say "may-zure" they say "meh-sure." I say "bolth" These are the things they learn...
Posted by: David Hricik | August 11, 2012 at 07:28 AM
If the first syllable is "law" and you don't pause between syllables, the word sounds exactly the same as "liar."
Posted by: John David Galt | August 11, 2012 at 04:41 PM
My f-i-l always pronounced it lie-yer.
the other john steele
Posted by: John Steele | August 13, 2012 at 09:43 AM
Welcome, "the other john steele." I've run across a few lawyers with the same name.
John Steele (blogger here)
Posted by: John Steele | August 13, 2012 at 09:58 AM
This reminds me of a late 1970s ad for Toyota. The guy who ran the dealership did the ad himself. He said:
"Some people pronounce it Toyota; others pronounce it Toyota. I prefer Toyota. But however you pronounce it, come to Toyota of Almaden." And the ridiculous part was that "toyota," "toyota," and "toyota" all sounded exactly the same.
Same with LAWyer and LOYer.
Posted by: Richard Zitrin | August 14, 2012 at 12:53 AM