assumed or ashumed?

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where does ashumed come from and what accent thinks this is ok?😉

Sean Connery?

Need a tissue?

I say ‘ashume’. I come from London and have an RP accent. If I say ‘assoom’ it sounds like I am ‘ashuming’ an American accent.

I think I might flit between the two

AssUme here.

I don't ashume, but this does remind me of the joke where Sean Connery tells someone all his books fell on his head once: 'I blame my shelf'.

I'm from the north and I say assyoom

@CinnabarRed actually now I appreciate ashumed. He can pull it off or could.

Do you ash-eume?
I’m RP and no ash here.

Not: Ass-oom or Ash-oom (like room)
Or: Ash-eume (like euphonium)

But: ass-eume

Northern. Ass-ewm

Assyoom- northern

Of course this is where phonetics help when you’re familiar with them!

My ass-eume is this:

/əˈsjuːm/

And looking that up was a good reminder that I ass- anything, but more -uhss it (the schwa assume /ə/ sound.

Definitely no /aʃ/ occurring though!

PR accent and ASSyoom. Ive never heard anyone say ashume!

Just read the message above and actually I say uhsyoom

Assoom - North West

was just about to say 😁

Ashoome from Scotland. Assume is American

(I say ‘ashume’. I come from London and have an RP accent. If I say ‘assoom’ it sounds like I am ‘ashuming’ an American accent.*

I'm RP (Home Counties) and don't say 'ashume'. I also don't say 'assoom' (and agree it sounds American). I say 'assyoom', with a 'y' sound before the 'ume' - as also in 'fume', 'exhume' 'numerous', 'puma' etc).

Ashoome from Scotland. Assume is American

I disagree. 'Ashoome' and 'assyoom' are both common throughout the UK. In fact the 'sh' is almost certainly the result of a gradual erosion of the sound of the s+y bring smooshed together. 'Assoom' is American.

How do you give someone an assurance of something

Same pronounciation I think

Although saying it aloud I think I say
Ass yoom.

Interesting question!
I said assurance out loud, and I do have an “ash” sound that I don’t for assume.

But check the dictionary and phonetically A yep, that’s standard pronunciation:

assurance
/əˈʃʊər(ə)ns/

assume
/əˈsjuːm/

Not all “assu” combinations are the same.

assumption
/əˈsʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n/

There you go - 3 different vowel sounds from the u now!

Uhsyume is how I say it

Assumed.

Ashumed is a Sean Connery-ism, and despite us both being from Edinburgh, he's wrong.

I guess 'assurance' is different because 'sure' is different. It would sound very odd to pronounce 'sure' as 'syoor', therefore it would also sound weird to pronounce 'assurance' 'assyoorance'.

Where the heck does the H come from. A sume and A sure