From: dgkilday57
Message: 63858
Date: 2009-04-20
>I've never heard <turbot> uttered, but I think you're right, given <carpet> and <surfeit>. The phonetic proximity to the auslaut of <Herbert> is likely of vital importance, along with the lack of turbots in this neck of the woods.
> At 1:49:03 PM on Saturday, April 18, 2009, dgkilday57 wrote:
>
> > I haven't heard <sherbet> pronounced with one /r/ for 40
> > years; [...]
>
> <shudder>
>
> That one's even worse than ['kju:,pAn]. I do still hear
> (what I consider) the correct pronunciation, and both AHD4
> and and M-W Online still list it first.
>
> > The auslaut just didn't sound normal, apparently.
>
> Seems unlikely to be *just* that, given <turbot>, <carpet>,
> <limpet>, <strumpet>, <trumpet>, <crumpet>, <surfeit>.