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language change between the UK and the 13 colonies.
N. Webster kilt a bar.
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UK privvacy vs US privacy
UK primer vs US primmer
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Fprget privvacy/pryvacy, what about dylemma (Brit) and duhluhmuh (I swear I've heard an USsian pronounce it with three schwas)?
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>>and as an adjective, a rith MA' tik (short A in MA)
I've only ever heard it pronounced in this way.
A primer (pronounced prime-er here) was the name given to the first reading book you got in 1st grade. The "See spot run" book. After that, they became "readers."
(oh and also that base coat of paint)
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In the town where I went to school, the junior classes were known as primers, pronounced primmer, never primer.
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Grades 1 through 6 are known as primary school here.
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Same here, Bel. Primary school here used to consist of Primer 1 and Primer 2, then Standard 1-4 (sometimes 5 & 6). Now, happily, the system is being simplified, just Year 1-13.
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> Primary school here used to consist of Primer 1 and Primer 2 so is that primmary school, then?? 
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My experience was that somewhere between the rural Midwestern US c.1940 and the high desert western US c. 1960 the pronunciation of a basic learning material changed from primmer to prymer. The basic coat of paint was always prymer in both places.
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