I would love to hear our tree warden correctly pronounce the word as arbutus [ahr-byoo-tuhs] rather than his usual pronunciation of: "are buttis", with the emphasis on "are." It's our state flower. We should know how to pronounce it.
Sometimes our New England accent can massacre the pronouciation of even the simplest words. Thank goodness Mayflower is still pronouced MayFlou-ahh. Ayuh.
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That is trailing arbutus. More commonly known as Mayflower.
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear our tree warden correctly pronounce the word as arbutus [ahr-byoo-tuhs]
ReplyDeleterather than his usual pronunciation of:
"are buttis", with the emphasis on "are."
It's our state flower. We should know how to pronounce it.
Sometimes our New England accent can massacre the pronouciation of even the simplest words. Thank goodness Mayflower is still pronouced MayFlou-ahh. Ayuh.
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