Bloody embarrassed... how do you all pronounce 'thus' ?

[JellyTots2009]

I'm totally embarrassed just because this happened in front of my partners dad.

I am currently writing up a college assignment and used the word 'thus' in a sentence. Now, not using this word a lot I asked my partner who was standing with his dad if this sentence made sense.
When I pronounced thus all I got was 'it's thus! Thus!' from both of them. Obviously writing it down you don't know how it's said.

I pronounce it 'th-us' like 'fuss' but using 'th' they said it is 'the-us' obviously said as one word and not with a hyphen in.

I know I'm 100% wrong but has anyone else pronounced it my way making my embarrassment less?

Definitely thus to rhyme with fuss!

Well they sound pretty rude.

What ?
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Totally this like fuss surely

Thus

You’re correct, they are wrong. It’s pronounced to rhyme with fuss. If it helps your argument, I have a Masters degree in English Literature.

I say it with the th to sound like the th in the rather than the th in think if that makes sense.

You’re correct. I don’t understand how else you could pronounce it.

Thus fuss wuss cuss bus

Yeah, it rhymes with bus. You're right and they're twats wrong.

Th (as in The ) uss

Thus rhymes with fuss!

Are you sure they didn't think that the word you were going for was 'thesis'? Though they're still saying it a bit off if so!

Erm it definitely rhymes with fuss!!

But it definitely rhymes with fuss

Don't understand. It is Thus like Fuss as you said. What is The-us?

One syllable, rhymes with fuss.

Yep. Rhymes with fuss. Internet and all online dictionary resources agree. They are rude and wrong

Hard th as in then, not soft as in thin

Oh, wait, do you have an accent where 'th' sounds a bit like 'f', like 'fink' for 'think'? And they were correcting you to emphasise the th? I still think they're a bit twatty for correcting you, if so, but I can see what they meant.

You are right, they are wrong!

It’s thus to rhyme with fuss

You don’t say the-is for this do you?

Th as in The

It does rhyme with fuss. But it’s not a breathy “th” like in tooTH it’s the “th” from THey

Err... did they think you meant a different word? As thus rhymes with fuss.

I can't see the difference in your pronunciations.

I say the th sound as it would be in "the" with the word "us" on the end
So, like "this" but with an "us" sound.

You shouldn't be embarrassed. I bet everybody has a few words they've never properly heard spoken. Making you feel small is bad manners on their part, not a fault on yours.

The-us? As in rhymes with fierce? Never heard that one, unless as new account says, you/they meant thesis!

Thus means 'therefore' . And thus she was proven quite correct in her pronunciation, by MN'