After seeing this article on StarNews Online, I had to share it.
Why do they ... Pronounce Kerr Avenue like “car”?
This can be confusing to people, especially visitors and new residents. So, what is the answer?
Ben Steelman
StarNews
Hard to say. The Wilmington thoroughfare is named for James T. Kerr, a Confederate veteran who was a prominent New Hanover County truck farmer in the late 1800s. (Some of Kerr Avenue apparently runs through, or over, some of his former fields.)
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