A list of 110 words by pterodactyl.
- curriculumwas added by ry and appears on 42 lists
- culinarywas added by ry and appears on 41 lists
- maturewas added by ry and appears on 33 lists
- murinewas added by ry and appears on 28 lists
- inhumewas added by ry and appears on 19 lists
- communewas added by ry and appears on 39 lists
- immunewas added by ry and appears on 22 lists
- excusewas added by ry and appears on 17 lists
- prepucewas added by ry and appears on 13 lists
- funicularwas added by ry and appears on 56 lists
- granulewas added by ry and appears on 20 lists
- aguewas added by ry and appears on 80 lists
- jugularwas added by ry and appears on 52 lists
- nucularwas added by ry and appears on 19 lists
- vestibulewas added by ry and appears on 81 lists
- oracularwas added by ry and appears on 55 lists
- disputewas added by ry and appears on 54 lists
- avuncularwas added by ry and appears on 260 lists
- jocularwas added by ry and appears on 139 lists
- putativewas added by ry and appears on 154 lists
- amputatewas added by ry and appears on 20 lists
- ampulewas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- vernacularwas added by ry and appears on 176 lists
- modularwas added by ry and appears on 20 lists
- singularwas added by ry and appears on 74 lists
- muscularwas added by ry and appears on 11 lists
- regularwas added by ry and appears on 28 lists
- imbuewas added by ry and appears on 122 lists
- ridiculewas added by ry and appears on 36 lists
- reticulewas added by ry and appears on 30 lists
- animalculewas added by ry and appears on 30 lists
- moleculewas added by ry and appears on 32 lists
- peculiarwas added by ry and appears on 90 lists
- usualwas added by ry and appears on 16 lists
- confusewas added by ry and appears on 25 lists
- angularwas added by ry and appears on 40 lists
- ambulancewas added by ry and appears on 25 lists
- absquatulatewas added by ry and appears on 150 lists
- ungulatewas added by ry and appears on 53 lists
- scutewas added by ry and appears on 18 lists
- ukelelewas added by ry and appears on 9 lists
- utilitywas added by ry and appears on 30 lists
- fuelwas added by Ru2013 and appears on 31 lists
- usurpwas added by Telofy and appears on 139 lists
- bubonicwas added by PossibleUnderscore and appears on 14 lists
- usurywas added by chained_bear and appears on 67 lists
- fuguewas added by yarb and appears on 90 lists
- effusivewas added by yarb and appears on 128 lists
- punitivewas added by yarb and appears on 66 lists
- bucolicwas added by yarb and appears on 265 lists
- truculentwas added by yarb and appears on 320 lists
- humanwas added by yarb and appears on 72 lists
- humorwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 39 lists
- enduewas added by yarb and appears on 33 lists
- refutewas added by yarb and appears on 103 lists
- tumescewas added by yarb and appears on 4 lists
- tulipwas added by yarb and appears on 44 lists
- delugewas added by yarb and appears on 136 lists
- dukewas added by yarb and appears on 40 lists
- inutilewas added by yarb and appears on 22 lists
- computewas added by yarb and appears on 29 lists
- inducewas added by yarb and appears on 60 lists
- spumewas added by yarb and appears on 57 lists
- fenugreekwas added by yarb and appears on 26 lists
- bemutewas added by yarb and appears on 18 lists
- pucewas added by yarb and appears on 92 lists
- seducewas added by yarb and appears on 32 lists
- adducewas added by yarb and appears on 109 lists
- amusewas added by yarb and appears on 28 lists
- musewas added by yarb and appears on 170 lists
- fusewas added by yarb and appears on 38 lists
- abusewas added by yarb and appears on 36 lists
- recusewas added by yarb and appears on 47 lists
- accusewas added by yarb and appears on 30 lists
- deducewas added by yarb and appears on 40 lists
- cuticlewas added by yarb and appears on 23 lists
- mulewas added by yarb and appears on 31 lists
- mutewas added by yarb and appears on 54 lists
- ukulelewas added by yarb and appears on 25 lists
- usewas added by yarb and appears on 41 lists
- imputewas added by yarb and appears on 127 lists
- tunewas added by yarb and appears on 29 lists
- tunawas added by yarb and appears on 44 lists
- nuancewas added by yarb and appears on 164 lists
- cupiditywas added by yarb and appears on 201 lists
- stupidwas added by yarb and appears on 58 lists
- pustulewas added by yarb and appears on 45 lists
- rebukewas added by yarb and appears on 106 lists
- dupewas added by yarb and appears on 101 lists
- cuewas added by yarb and appears on 44 lists
- huewas added by yarb and appears on 54 lists
- cuminwas added by yarb and appears on 41 lists
- duewas added by yarb and appears on 30 lists
- oppugnwas added by yarb and appears on 33 lists
- impugnwas added by yarb and appears on 208 lists
- stuporwas added by yarb and appears on 66 lists
- pupawas added by yarb and appears on 19 lists
- bubowas added by yarb and appears on 14 lists
- cubewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 37 lists
- demurewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 184 lists
- hugewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 26 lists
- cucumberwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 52 lists
- pukewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 33 lists
- perfumewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 43 lists
- fumewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 27 lists
- buttewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 43 lists
- municipalwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 32 lists
- punywas added by pterodactyl and appears on 40 lists
- uniformwas added by pterodactyl and appears on 32 lists
- cutewas added by pterodactyl and appears on 64 lists
yarb commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Some of these, e.g. due, cumin, are pronounced 'oo' by a lot of people. But not by me.
September 20, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
My goodness, yarb -- your dialect is simply awash in yods! Tuna, tune, nuance, deduce, seduce, tulip, duke... even stupid?
Now I wish we were having this conversation in person. I'd love to hear you say these words!
September 21, 2008
yarb commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Ha ha - well I'm afraid I bust my microphone, otherwise I'd have recorded a sentence incorporating all those words. But most speakers of British English should be able to oblige you - at least those who haven't spent too long in North America. I think the slip from "yu" to "oo" in words like stupid is one of the first aspects of a UK accent to get morphed. Tuna for example I'm just starting to pronounce "toona".
September 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Delightful list, ptero.
July 22, 2009
Ru2013 commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
I really appreciate the existence of this list! You have no idea. However, some of these words are not long u pronounced yu, but are instead the variant vowel sound long oo as in flute or rude. Duke for instance doesn't have the y when pronounced.
May 16, 2013
pterodactyl commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Hi Ru2013! Some of these words have the "y" sound in some dialects but not in others. In my American dialect, "duke" does not have the "y" sound, but in a British dialect, it does. See the comments below for more. :-)
May 17, 2013
bilby commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Duke is fine in my dialect (Australian).
May 17, 2013
ry commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
I just started adding a bunch of words then realized the scope of my undertaking. *ule *ular *ute etc. return a plethora of words that could be added to this list...
May 17, 2013
rompercabeza commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Words in which "u" is pronounced "yu" -- I am struggling with finding a rule to explain which words that begin with u are pronounced /yu/, here is one hypothesis: all words that have "uni" as their root; hence, in addition to the word on the list "uniform" add: university, union, unique, united...
But then all the other words that begin with u: utility, use... How could this be explained?
In Jean Yates "Pronounce it Perfectly in English" this is the /iuw/ sound, a diphthong of /iy/ and /uw/, but no explanation of when u = /iuw/.
My partial answer is in the hypothesis that all words that have "uni" as their root, but it is narrow and probably just accidental/arbitrary. I would like to get to the bottom of this...
November 12, 2021