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AIBU?

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To ask how you read the word AIBU?

51 replies

Burntmybiscuits · 09/05/2020 17:30

For me it's "eye-boo"

Some people I reckon it would be "ay-boo"

Or do you just read it as A-I-B-U?

Yes, this is a geeky and possibly dull thread. However, I'm a geeky and possibly dull person. 😂

OP posts:
CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 09/05/2020 18:27

ay - bu to rhyme with hay

DottieLottie1 · 09/05/2020 19:45

I'm with @TroysMammy

MarshaBradyo · 09/05/2020 19:47

All the words as they are

Ponoka7 · 09/05/2020 20:45

Am I B-U. So half and half.

tinkywinkyshandbag · 09/05/2020 20:47

Eye-boo. But I read DCs as Dee Chees.

1Morewineplease · 09/05/2020 20:49

Ay-boo

Jellykat · 09/05/2020 20:54

I read it as Am i being unreasonable..
just like WTF i read as What the fuck, LOL is Laugh out loud, ATM is at the moment etc etc, none read as how they're written.

OwlBeThere · 09/05/2020 20:55

I say I-boo in my head.

CoffeeRunner · 09/05/2020 20:56

Ay-boo.

Ya-boo.

Yan-boo.

Imapotato · 09/05/2020 21:02

I just say am I being unreasonable I’m my head. I’m not very creative.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 09/05/2020 21:06

Eye-boo for me.

I also often mistype it into google and now I know that the ainu people are a Japanese ethnic group. Still waiting for that to come up at a pub quiz

When I search for AIBU, it always gives me the automatic result of a 5th century rabbi - Rabbi Aibu. I'm guessing that he was one of the more argumentative religious leaders of his day Grin

tiredanddangerous · 09/05/2020 21:08

Eye boo

RanchoRelaxo · 09/05/2020 21:08

I read it as "am I bee yoo"
YABU is "you are bee yoo"
YANBU is "you are not bee yoo" Grin

Persiaclementine · 09/05/2020 21:16

I read am I be u

OoohTheStatsDontLie · 09/05/2020 21:16

I read it as A.I.B.U. Am I a freak?

ravensoaponarope · 09/05/2020 21:17

eye- yi-boo

BlueBooby · 09/05/2020 21:18

Eye boo, ya boo and yan boo for me.

ravensoaponarope · 09/05/2020 21:18

but sometimes
ay-i-boo
I always pronounce a short "i" as the second of three syllables

Zisforstripyoss · 09/05/2020 21:44

eye-boo
yah-boo
yan-boo

Chesntoots · 09/05/2020 22:05

Ay-boo and Ay-n- boo!

Funny thinking about it

WildfirePonie · 09/05/2020 22:36

Am I Being Unreasonable

quarantinevibes · 09/05/2020 23:04

Ah-eye-be-unreasonable

Hwyrynos · 09/05/2020 23:31

A-ee-boo
And
Yuan-boo

yellowbrickwhorl · 10/05/2020 00:10

It's never occurred to me to try and pronounce it. I'm one of those odd people who reads stuff without sounding it out.

VirginWestCoast · 10/05/2020 00:20

Eye boo