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emagalha
 
Reply Thu 5 Oct, 2006 01:37 pm
So, evidently, Berkeley, California was named after George Berkeley, Irish philosopher. Anybody know how the pronunciation got mangled?
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Fri 6 Oct, 2006 08:24 am
Probably for the same reason that the British pronounce "clerk" like "clark" and Americans pronounce "clerk" like "clurk."
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Cyracuz
 
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Reply Sun 8 Oct, 2006 04:10 pm
Maybe they were too drunk to say it properly the day they named it.
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