How do you pronounce Bury in Lancashire ?

[LadyEloise]

I don't live in the the UK. How do your pronounce the name of the town Bury please ?
Is it like to bury (a corpse) ?

Burry

Burry

Berry

Berry. I go there quite often, or did before Covid. Burry is acceptable, too.

Ah, but how do you say Salford?

Burry

Salford = Sol-ford.
Saying Sal-ford ( Sal like in Al Murray) hurts my ears.

People from Bury say Burry (in fact I think they say something in between Berry and Burry) but most English people would say Berry.

Bury St Edmunds is Berry St Edmunds.

Bury your Dead! Is Berry.

I say Berry, but I’m from the other side of the Pennines. I know how to pronounce Slaithwaite though.

Bu-ray or Buh-reh. Seems to be how locals say it

Not Berry.

natives usually say Bury to rhyme with flurry. But people even just a couple of miles south say Berry. Everyone understands and no-one corrects anyone, so I think it's just an accent thing, as Bury is the southern point of the East Lancs accent, and quite different to a Mancunian accent just a few tram stops away.

Locals say Burry. People from just a couple of miles down the road (and the rest of the UK) say Berry.

I'm From Bury born and bred ( now live in Bolton) I say Berry but many locals say Burry .

Berreh.

Sol-fud.

I'm from west lancs and I say burry.

It's like a mix here (grew up a few miles away) like ber-ry

Aaah but @BikeRunSki do you know how to say Linthwaite? 😉

East Lancs and I say Burry too

Best black pudding on their market, according to my Dad!

We said Berry as in rhymes with merry but we didn't live there, we lived near and close enough so my Dad could go and get his black pudding every couple of months.

Either was Burrry to rhyme with flurry or Berry to rhyme with merry is correct.

Thanks all.
I've never had such a quick response.

@wowfudge

I'm from Manchester and say "Berry". Same as for Bury St Edmunds. Locals say "Burry" but as I don't have the same accent I'd sound like I was taking taking the mick if I did.

Yes same here

Live in Manchester and everyone says Berry but my Burnley born mum says Burry

@BikeRunSki I’ve had many a good day drinking in Slaithwaite, I still don’t get why it’s pronounced like it is! 😂

Half way between berry and burry! (Don't know quite how you'd describe the vowel sound - I grew up in the NW). I think most people would hear what I said as "berry" but the should is slightly different from how I'd say, eg, blackberry.

I’m from Manchester but live in Bury and I say berry, it depends if you have a Manchester or Lancashire accent. Lancashire is burry and Manchester is berry.

The should? The sound!

Buh reh
Brat-fud
Blackbuuurhn
Buuuurhn -leh
Slough-et
Duuues-breh
Man-chess-tooorh