Yooper blooper: Dictionary pronunciation omits P

“Yooper,” one of the 150 new words appearing in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the company's free online database appears on page 1454 of the printed edition of the dictionary in New York

NEW YORK  — There’s good news and bad news for Yoopers in the new Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.

The nickname for natives or longtime residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was among about 150 words added in an update to the 11th edition.

But the suggested pronunciation in the popular dictionary lacks the “p,” though the entry itself is spelled correctly.

Asked about the Yooper blooper, Meghan Lunghi, a spokeswoman for the Springfield, Mass.-based company, said Sunday in an email : “Yes, unfortunately a ‘p’ is missing from the pronunciation. The rest of the entry is fine.”