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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to ask how you pronounce 'aibu' in your head?

180 replies

Wordsaremything · 04/04/2016 22:23

Well?
Grin

OP posts:
VerbenaGirl · 05/04/2016 20:13

Eye-boo!

MrTCakes · 05/04/2016 20:55

Wab-ooh

Ninjagogo · 05/04/2016 20:57

Another aye-boo here.

imeatingthechocolate · 05/04/2016 21:20

aye eye bee you

PinguForPresident · 05/04/2016 21:25

A (like the letter A) - boo

DayToDayGlobalShit · 05/04/2016 21:26

Grin this is the funniest thread for a while with all the answers. I am imagining everyone pulling faces whilst saying them.

mine is aye eye bu

LavenderLedge · 05/04/2016 21:41

Quebec - It has no sound in my head, just a shape.

Me too!

Seryph · 05/04/2016 22:50

Am I being unreasonable

FithColumnist · 05/04/2016 23:51

eye-boo, like most other people. I do hope that I'm not the only one to exclaim "yann-boo" or "yah-boo" out loud in response... Blush

Solo · 05/04/2016 23:53

Am I being unreasonable

paxillin · 05/04/2016 23:56

I had to stop myself saying yahnboo to a friend having a homework rant the other day.

AnnieOnnieMouse · 06/04/2016 00:19

Eye boo
Yah boo Yad boo
Yan boo /Yadn boo

ladypete · 06/04/2016 01:08

Am I being unreasonable.

CaffeineBomb · 06/04/2016 08:10

Am I being unreasonable

allowlsthinkalot · 06/04/2016 09:14

Eye-boo
Yah-boo
Yan-boo

BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 06/04/2016 09:18

Eye boo
Yah boo
Yan boo

And then...
She iboo
He iboo
They ah boo
Etc Grin

BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 06/04/2016 09:19

I have also started using "being unreasonable" a hell of a lot more in usual conversation Grin

EastMidsMummy · 06/04/2016 09:31

I don't know if I 'hear' it in my head at all. I think that may be why I don't get on with Mumsnet abbreviations at all.

LordoftheTits · 06/04/2016 10:13

Eye-boo. Also yanboo and yaboo.

DadDadDad · 06/04/2016 11:15

Am I being unreasonable

OK - did a quick and dirty paste of this thread, pulled out the first words in each post, then sorted (so if you said something before giving your answer in a post it won't appear hear). Looks like saying it in full, "Eyboo", and "Ay Eye Bee You" are all front runners. Here's the data:

this is the funniest thread for a while with all
A - boo
A (like the letter A) - boo
A as in Apple. Abooooo
A. I. B. U.
A....boo
A.I.B.U.
AAAAAY BOOOO
A-bew (rhyming with pew)
aboo
A-boo
Aboo - same as the monkey in Aladdin.
Abouuuuuuuuu
Abu , as in someones name!
Ae-boo
Ai (as in rain) - boo.
Ai (like in Dai) boo.
Ai boo ( like Hay boo, no H)
Am I b u
Am I B U
Am I be U
Am I Being U.
Am I being unfair
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being Unreasonable
Am I Being Unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I Being Unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
am I being unreasonable
am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable but I like eye-boo I'm cha
Am I Being Unreasonable here too.
Am I Being Unreasonable
Am I being unreasonable, I can't see it as just le
Am I being unreasonable.
Am I being unreasonable.
Am I being unreasonable.
Am I Being Unreasonable.
Am I being unreasonable.
Am I being unreasonable.....
Am I being unreasonable?
Am I boo
Am-eye-bee-you
Amibeingunreasn'ble
Anither one for Am I being unreasonable
Another ai- / eye-boo here! Although I know it mea
Another 'Am I Being Unreasonable' here, too.
Another aye-boo here.
Another 'Eye-boo' here too.
Another one for am I being unreasonable!
Ay (as in day, hay etc.) Bee, You
Ay (rhymes with day) boo; but only worked this out
Ay (rhymes with hay) Boo. Pretty sure that will be
Ay (to rhyme with hay) boo.
AY as in the ay in hay
Ay Aye Bee You
Ay aye bee you
Ay Aye Bee You Thanksouvrethat is better
Ay boo
Ay boo
Ay Boo
Ay boo!
Ay eye bee yoo
Ay Eye Bee You.
Ayboo
Ay-boo
AY-BOO
Ay-boo when seeing the abbreviation in Threads I'm
Ayboo(as in day). Anything else is wrong!
Aye Boo Unreasonable
Aye Boo Unreasonable
Aye Eee Bee you
Aye Eye Bee You
aye eye bee you
Aye eye bee you.
aye-boo
Aye-boo
Aye-boo
Aye-Boo obviously.
Aye-boo,
Aye-eye-bee-ooh
Ay-eye-bee-you
Ayyyee-Booo...like the Fonz
Before I actually click on AIBU I say in my head "
Can't believe this thread has so many responses!
Definitely eye boo.
Ebu
Eh? Boo!
Eh-ee-boo says v fast
Eh-oh!
Eye - bee - you
Eye Boo
Eye boo
Eye boo
Eye boo
eye boo
Eye boo
Eye Boo mostly
Eye boo
Eye Boo. And then Yan Boo or Yar Boo depending on
Eye boo. Yan boo. Yah boo.
Eye You Bee
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo
Eye-boo too.
Eye-boo!
Eye-boo!
Eye-boo!
eye-boo, like most other people. I do hope that I'
Eye-boo, not dissimilar to Saki Aibu's surname (wh
Eye-boo.
Eye-Boo.
Eye-boo.
Eye-boo.
Eye-boo.
Eye-boo. Also yanboo and yaboo.
Eye-boo. I'm so glad someone else asked! I also ha
Eye-boo.
Eye-bue
Fucking hell.
HighsteaksI do the same. Read as daughter, son, h
I don't interpret the 'D's to myself. It's just "D
I don't know if I 'hear' it in my head at all. I t
I had to stop myself saying yahnboo to a friend ha
I hadn't though about it properly before now but I
I have also started using "being unreasonable" a h
I just see it as a sort of symbol, I don't sound i
I know Phonics!
I pronounce it with an M in. Like Malibu, but Amib
I read AIBU as Fight Club in my head. Then I start
I say all the letters A-I-B-U.
I say the whole thing "am I being unreasonable" an
I say the whole thing in my head - am I being unre
I think I say it in my head as 'am I being un' and
I was going to start a thread on this. I say it A
I'm Canadian so it's Eh-Eye-Bee-You
It has no sound in my head, just a shape.
I've just realised that it's a bit strange that I
My mind is blown that people say anything other th
Noo Noo
Ooooh I also kept meaning to start this exact thre
Quebec - It has no sound in my head, just a shape.
Qwebec
So many Eye-boos! I am so pleased! And logically (
Sometimes I think 'Am I being unreasonable'
Sometimes say A boob
Sometimes when DH says something I disagree with,
To the tune of YMCA for some bizarre reason.
Tubby custard
Wab-ooh
Weirdly eye-boo.
Well?
Yes!!!!! Someone finally asked the question I've b
Yet another Am I being unreasonable
You're all nuts

DadDadDad · 06/04/2016 11:15

*here not hear

sarahquilt · 06/04/2016 11:30

Eh - Aye - bee - un - u

DadDadDad · 06/04/2016 11:31

Best I can make out that gives:

Saying it in full ("Am I being unreasonable"): 30
Eye boo: 37
Ay boo OR Ah-boo (hard to distinguish some cases): 36
Saying the letters ("Ay Eye Bee You"): 14

Everything else gets only a few votes. So, seeing it as a word "Ai-bu" is clearly the most popular.

paxillin · 06/04/2016 11:32

Are you my DH DadDadDad? How freaky, he would have done just that! (He'd have given percentages for the responses, too though) It is quite funny as a list though.

paxillin · 06/04/2016 11:32

X post- I am now certain you are my DH