How do you pronounce Houmous

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Argument with dd on how to pronounce houmous. We say hyoumus. She says friends at school all say hummus. Looked online it said hoomus. How do you say it?

*says it!
I say Humm-us, and would eat it by the bucket load if allowed!

"hyoumuss" just makes me think of Ann Teak in Gigglebiz!

Growing up in Australia it was spelt houmus and it was more of a short o sound. I posted a link before that is very helpful.

I think it largely depends on which community introduced houmus and how they pronounce it. I think maybe the Lebanese community introduced it into Australia.

Winesalot I'm watching Australian masterchef and they are making houmous - all pronouncing it hommus!!

Hum-mus

Yes @MrsDimmond I saw that too. I know I am picked up on pronunciation all the time here in the UK and the differences between Australian pronunciation and English. Pasta is a great example.

Hence my putting up a link that I think will shows more of the correct pronunciation 🙂 . It does not seem to be a clearly defined sound so it can go either way.

Strangely my DD gets told off at school for mispronouncing emu!! Massive eye roll.

Hum ( as hum a song ) us ( you and me )
Cus Cus rhyme wiith bus bus.
La San ya
My DH always pronounced the W but drop the H in whole so it sounded like wole.

First part: A short "oo" (to rhyme with book or wood rather than room or loom).
Second part: A sort of "oos/us" to rhyme with the ending of thoughtless rather than mess or less.

Hoomus, but with a short 'oo' like the vowel sound in 'push'.

Hyoomus is how you pronounce the word 'humus', which is soil! I've never heard anyone pronounce the food hummus/houmous that way.

Hahahahaha nobody says hyomus?!? It's hummus

The trouble with all these 'la zan ya' vs 'la zahn ya' arguments is that neither matches the actual Italian pronunciation, which is somewhere on the continuum between a flat English a as in 'cat' and a long English 'ah' as in 'bath' (if you're a southerner!). So arguably neither is really correct. You either pick one or the other, or attempt to say it like a proper Italian and risk sounding like a pretentious arse!

@jackparlabane cut and put sound the same in my accent

Yeah, cut, put, wood, bus, humbug all the same short uh sound!! 😁

Hoo-muss. That's how my Greek in laws pronounce it.

I say hoo-muss in English. The correct Arabic pronunciation is similarish but with a soft h that sounds like you are exhaling though.

For falafel, I say fuh-lah-ful and cooss-cooss with the oo like book for couscous. But in arabic they are more like fuh- la -fil and cuhss-cuhss with the uh a bit shorter than the oo sound.

I say hummy hums.

I've always said hyoo-mus. Probably because of learning about humus in soil at school, and I was about the same age when I first came across houmous. I did see the Delia episode where she said "who-moos", so often say that for fun!

But then again, my family is known for weird pronunciation - they're the only people that say duvet with a dj sound at the start, like how you'd say due

I’ve said it to myself so many times reading this thread that I no longer know for sure. But it definitely isn’t “hyoo-muss”.

Hoo-muss.

Some people in my family pronounce it like "hor-mous" which is truly baffling.

Wtf is ‘lar-tay’ or ‘prezzzzzzzo’

Usual UK absolute oblivion to other languages

It’s Lah-Tay and Pret-zo (think Pizza - the double z gives a tz sound - hard stop on the t)

Lattay

Hum us