What the heck is a LURR? New Yorkers scoff at LIRR pronunciation debate

Source: New York Post

Just call them LIARRS. Real New Yorkers are calling “baloney” on one unsettled issue with the Long Island Rail Road — the annoying habit by some on the East End to insist on calling the transit agency the “Lurr. ” “You’re probably not from New York if you call it the ‘LURR,'” said commuter King Law, who rides the rails from Massapequa to Midtown.