"ju:" = "yoo as in dubious, barbecue" in the OED

[Paul Johnston]

But it's the OED,  It's British.  Still, they should have had something like "pew", which is [ju:] for both of our countries.  

Paul
On Sep 22, 2014, at 2:41 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

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> In any case, the OED3's equation of "dubious" and "barbecue" --
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>     ju:  yoo as in dubious, barbecue
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> seems poorly chosen.
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> Perhaps some of us are less orthodox djoos than others.  :-)
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> Joel
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> At 9/22/2014 01:34 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> Well, we know that not *all* people do.  Whether most do or don't is 
>> a more complex matter (even if we can agree that anything over 50% 
>> qualifies as most).  I do, so I cancel out Charlie (I assume), but 
>> Joel lines up with me (I assume).  So far so good.  Now, if 
>> Wikipedia is to be trusted, we just have 359,999,997 native speakers 
>> left to survey, give or take.
>> 
>> LH
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>> 
>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
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>>> 
>>> No.
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>>> Don't most people pronounce "dubious" as "doo-"?
>>> 
>>> Joel
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