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

[Joel S. Berson]

In any case, the OED3's equation of "dubious" and "barbecue" --

     ju:  yoo as in dubious, barbecue

seems poorly chosen.

Perhaps some of us are less orthodox djoos than others.  :-)

Joel

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
>
>
>On Sep 22, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>
> >
> > No.
> >
> > ________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Don't most people pronounce "dubious" as "doo-"?
> >
> > Joel

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