How do you say “book”?

[Jodie.]

Do you pronounce it as “buck” or “bewk”?

[RileyH]

buck

[Jack_]

This is problematic cause 'buck' sounds different depending on if you're from oop north or not. I say it as if it rhymes with ****** and saying 'book' like that is Bristolian tbh

So I say it like 'buck' but the northern way of saying that :hee:

[Denver]

Bewk as im posh

[Firewire]

How tf is it pronounced buck

[smudgie]

Book as in brook.
Buck is a male deer.

[Babayaro.]

What the ****????

I have literally never heard anyone pronounce it "buck". :unsure:

[Jack_]

Yeah 'brook' is better, that's how I say it

[Jack_]

I didn't even know book was a word that could be pronuounced drastically different, barring slight accent variations

[Babayaro.]

Yeah 'brook' is better, that's how I say it

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[Jodie.]

Well I say buck but some of my friends say bewk
Even though we’re all northerners:conf:

[caprimint]

Buck, but a bit different to it rhyming with 'brook' and also not the same 'buck' as when a horse bucks, kind of in between :think:

[RileyH]

Buck, but a bit different to it rhyming with 'brook' and also not the same 'buck' as when a horse bucks, kind of in between :think:

now in english x

[MB.]

I rhyme it with brook, cook, look, hook, rook, took etc like a normal person

[caprimint]

now in english x
Actually yeah it is the same as 'brook' :joker:

[Epic.]

book

[mizzy25]

the way its spelt book

[Babayaro.]

Buck, but a bit different to it rhyming with 'brook' and also not the same 'buck' as when a horse bucks, kind of in between :think:

Buck doesn't rhyme with brook

[caprimint]

Buck doesn't rhyme with brook
Yeah I know but those were the only options on the poll :fist:

I certainly don't say 'boooook'

[Jake.]

I rhyme it with brook, cook, look, hook, rook, took etc like a normal person

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I have NEVER known it to be pronounced "buck"

[Babayaro.]

Yeah I know but those were the only options on the poll :fist:

I certainly don't say 'boooook'

What about just saying "book"?

[Beso]

Lots say fook instead of ****....no harm in a wee bit role reversal.

[Marsh.]

Buck doesn't rhyme with brook

Yes it does. I say "bruck".

[Babayaro.]

Yes it does. I say "bruck".

Shut up

[Jamie89]

I pronounce it like 'Luke', I'm not sure if that's the same as 'bewk'?

I rhyme it with brook, cook, look, hook, rook, took etc like a normal person

I pronounce some of these differently to each other :laugh: Like 'brook', 'cook', 'hook', 'rook' would be the same as 'book'/'luke', but 'took', 'look' would be like 'luck'. Do you say 'food' the same as you pronounce those? ^

[Jamie89]

I think it's a northern thing though, I get some funny looks when I say 'cook book' since moving down here.

[Babayaro.]

I pronounce it like 'Luke', I'm not sure if that's the same as 'bewk'?



I pronounce some of these differently to each other :laugh: Like 'brook', 'cook', 'hook', 'rook' would be the same as 'book'/'luke', but 'took', 'look' would be like 'luck'. Do you say 'food' the same as you pronounce those? ^

So you say "took" like "tuck"??

[Shaun]

In what world is this a contentious issue

[Beso]

I think it's a northern thing though, I get some funny looks when I say 'cook book' since moving down here.

Tell them all to **** off.

[MB.]

I pronounce some of these differently to each other :laugh: Like 'brook', 'cook', 'hook', 'rook' would be the same as 'book'/'luke', but 'took', 'look' would be like 'luck'. Do you say 'food' the same as you pronounce those? ^

You're a confusing individual James

[MB.]

(I pronounce food like "food" if that helps)

[RileyH]

So you say "took" like "tuck"??

What do you say?

[Babayaro.]

What do you say?

I say took like "took". The way it actually looks, that's "looks". And the correct way. :hee:

[Jamie89]

So you say "took" like "tuck"??

I do. I've never heard anyone say it like 'tewk' :laugh: ... another poll incoming?

[Babayaro.]

In what world is this a contentious issue

Before this thread was made, it wasn't.

[Firewire]

Cool like mule :tongue:

[MB.]

Actually cool is pronounced cull Jonathan

[Jodie.]

So you say "took" like "tuck"??

I thought that was normal looool

[Jodie.]

Fook have I done x

[Babayaro.]

I thought that was normal looool

:facepalm:

[RileyH]

So you say "took" like "tuck"??

That's how it's suppose to be said

[Babayaro.]

That's how it's suppose to be said

No it isn't

[caprimint]

What about just saying "book"?
But everyone says it a different way seemingly :suspect:

[RileyH]

No it isn't

yes it is :nono:

[Firewire]

Actually cool is pronounced cull Jonathan

Oh silly me :facepalm:

[caprimint]

Are there two ways of pronouncing 'food'?

[Babayaro.]

Are there two ways of pronouncing 'food'?

Not "fud" :skull:

[RileyH]

Are there two ways of pronouncing 'food'?

No there isn't

[caprimint]

Not "fud" :skull:
:laugh2: That's what I was thinking, no wonder Jamie gets funny looks

[Crimson Dynamo]

BOO
and then k

sounds like fluke

is this a silly English thing again

[Jodie.]

Book/Cook/Brook/Shook/Hook etc (almost any word ending with “ook”)

Is pronounced with a uck sound x

E.g Buck, Cuck, Bruck, Shuck, Huck

[Babayaro.]

Absolutely wrong.

[Jamie89]

:laugh2: That's what I was thinking, no wonder Jamie gets funny looks:joker: I pronounce that one normally :fist: it's the book's and cook's I get weird looks for, for not pronouncing them cuck and buck (from Londoners... because they're wrong!)

[RileyH]

Absolutely wrong.

But saying 'took' instead of 'tuck' isn't?

[Babayaro.]

But saying 'took' instead of 'tuck' isn't?

No, because that's the correct way to say it.

[Jodie.]

No, because that's the correct way to say it.

So you say it like “tuke”?

[James]

Has anyone got any audio or video evidence of book being pronounced 'buck'? I've never heard of such a thing.

[MB.]

:joker: I pronounce that one normally :fist: it's the book's and cook's I get weird looks for, for not pronouncing them cuck and buck (from Londoners... because they're wrong!)

Nobody pronounces them cuck or buck. They pronounce them cook and book rather than cewk and bewk :suspect:

[MB.]

Like, can we stop this whole buck vs bewk thing because neither of them are how you actually say it ya silly sods

[Ashley.]

Book.

[Ashley.]

No pronunciation is wrong, anyway. It just depends where you're from.

[Cal.]

I rhyme it with brook, cook, look, hook, rook, took etc like a normal person

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[Babayaro.]

Like, can we stop this whole buck vs bewk thing because neither of them are how you actually say it ya silly sods

Oh I don't actually say "bewk" irl. I just chose that one bc it's the closest option to actually being right lol.

[Marsh.]

Ugh, the bullying of the superior Northern English is absolutely harrowing on here. </3

[hijaxers]

Do you pronounce it as “buck” or “bewk”?

Neither ??? I say book like i say rook , a buck is a $ and god only knows what a bewk is ?? You livin in Lilliput ???

[Alf]

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[Wizard.]

Err "B-uh-k"

[Littlegreen]

I say it in the style of Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus.

[Withano]

Err "B-uh-k"

I love how it took 67 posts for somebody to explain what everybody was trying to explain!

[Withano]

Actually, no, thats still not quite right :think: why is this so hard.

[Withano]

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I answered buck in the poll cos I say it like this.