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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Regional Pronounciations
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Date: Sun, 1-Apr-84 02:31:14 EST
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There is no such word as "beserk".  Perhaps you mean "berserk".
However, your point is correct: I am from Long Island (and my parents
grew up in Brooklyn) and I pronounce it "berzerK" or sometimes "bezerk".
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			Barry Margolin
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