# Questions about the LIRR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-lirr/687406>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-lirr/687406 "2014-04-30T23:15:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-lirr/687406/41 "2014-05-08T11:25:43Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> The correct pronunciation is, of course, “lrrrrrrrr.”

How is this actually pronounced? Lar? Is it really used?

I’ve only heard it as the letters pronunciation L.I.R.R. or L.I double R. Or perhaps I heard it Lrrrrrrr but since I don’t know how that is pronounced I’m not sure.

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**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-lirr/687406/42 "2014-05-08T13:37:18Z")

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> [@kanicbird](#):
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> How is this actually pronounced? Lar? Is it really used?
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> I’ve only heard it as the letters pronunciation L.I.R.R. or L.I double R. Or perhaps I heard it Lrrrrrrr but since I don’t know how that is pronounced I’m not sure.

My daughter pronounces it ‘lirr’ as a word, not as letters. She likes to watch me cringe when I hear it.

I taught her well.

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