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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
jewelry, jewellery (n.)
 
 
Jewelry is the American spelling, jewellery, a British variant, but both have a three-syllable Standard pronunciation, JOO-uhl-ree. Also Standard is the American variant pronunciation JOOL-ree, but the frequently heard JOO-luh-ree, caused by metathesis, is Nonstandard.  1
 
 
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