To worry that I've been pronouncing this word wrong?

[Lovestosing]

Tongue? How do you pronounce it? I am sat watching the football with my in laws, DH and DDs. DD2 said something about sticking her tongue out (DCs pronounce it "tung" like me) MIL corrected her and said it's pronounced "tong". I knew that was how DH pronounces it but I thought it was a regional variation, but now I'm worried I'm just wrong! Can anyone help settle this? DH and in laws are from Nottinghamshire and I'm from North Yorkshire if that helps!

Tung

Tung

Here:

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/pronunciation/english/tongue

Tung.

Dh would say tong ( his northern) I would say tung ( I’m from the south)

Tung every time.

Do you call your lungs longs?

If you look at the dictionary, under each word is a section indicating how a word is pronounced. Under the word ‘tongue’ is an inverted V, which indicates the O in Tongue is pronounced with an ‘uh’ sound, like sun, or duck.

So your MIL is incorrect. Her accent may make it sound like ‘oh’, but it should be ‘uh’

Tung here (Scotland), never met any Scots who pronounced it tong, my dh’s Family all said tong, he uses tung now though, tungs are for thumbs and tongs are for bums!

Tung here, glorious Devon but I speak properly, generally, unless I've been drinking!

Tong!!!! Tong!!!!, haven't the foggiest what's that's all about!! As in Pete Tong.... thong..... bong.... ding dong.... gong....(struggling to think of more..)

Tung, SE

Tong! Derbyshire

Now you've started something!

I'm from a village in South Nottinghamshire and have always pronounced it, 'tung'. My DH is from nearer Nottingham and he insists it is 'tong'. We've been married 23 years and I didn't know he pronounced it wrongly.

Team Tung over here This reminds me of my DM who pronounces ‘Memo’ as ‘Meemo,’ and my MIL who pronounces Personalised as ‘Pers-on-alised.’

I have worked with plastic surgeons called Mr Carver and Mr Hackett. Also a Nurse Nurse. 😄

Ffs. Wrong thread. Soz. 😂

All of you in Team Tong, what do you call the things you use to curl your hair or to turn over the fish fingers and burgers?

Tung

Tung (Midlands).
I’ve never heard it referred to as Tong despite having family all over

Tung. Tong would be for picking up a slice of tung..

Tong to me (Lancashire) and tung to OH (West Yorkshire). Drives him mad, but I don't know anyone else - from where I live - that pronounces it tung.

West Midlands, I say tung.
However if I was talking correctly And not just casually I would say Tong

I was brought up in and around Sheffield/Derbyshire and have heard a lot of people saying 'Tong'. My mother says Tong, she's from Goole originally though. Actually it's not quite as strong an 'o' sound as it is when the say curling 'tong' - sort of somewhere 2/3 of the way between an 'u' and an 'o', if that makes sense?

I say Tung though. Just checked and my children (Lancastrians) say Tung too. They also now think I'm a bit odd for asking them to say it!

West Midlands, I say tung.However if I was talking correctly And not just casually I would say Tong

That's fascinating. This suggests you almost expect to have mispronounced the word and would 'correct' yourself in formal situations. The reality is that tung is the RP pronunciation and tong is the variation.

@Teggun So, 'tung' is actually ok? I would pronounce it slightly different anyway in a formal setting as I am a brummie. (Lovely accent 🙄) I actually thought 'tong' was correct.
Thank you for the information!
So 'Monster' 'mun-ster' or 'mon-ster'?
Brummies tend to say munster. I say mon-ster

Monster is mon ster.