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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| -burgh, -burg (suffix) |
| The suffixes on the names of these American cities, Pittsburg, California, and Pittsburg, Kansas, are all pronounced like that in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, -BUHRG, whereas Scotland’s Edinburgh ends in the pronunciation -BUHR-uh. But burgher is always pronounced BUHRG-uhr. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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