I think it's about the pattern of emphasis on the syllables: when you pronounce it "caeribbean" in the title of the movie, you're stressing every other syllable, which is the natural flow. In "cuhribbean" you'd have two unstressed syllables in a row, since the stress goes on the rib and not the "cuh."
PIrates OF the CAERibBEan vs. PIrates OF the cuhRIBean.
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Date: 2004-04-10 07:12 pm (UTC)PIrates OF the CAERibBEan vs. PIrates OF the cuhRIBean.
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