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I had a college roommate whose mother was named Beryl and it was pronounced very similar to the word 'barrel' except that in Beryl the first syllable wasn't as open and sustained as that of barrel, if that makes sense. On the other hand a woman at my grandmother's nursing home is named Beryl and her name is said "bairl" kind of a cross between barrel and berle. Perhaps people are just being lazy in the pronunciation. Personally I find it interesting that they posted the pronunciation in the first place. Do they usually do that?

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