assumed or ashumed?

[growandhope]

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

It irritates me... not sure why. I think it sounds pretentious. So does "issue" with the Ss pronounced as ss and not sh.

There's a few more like this. I find it's usually quite "posh" people who say things this way?

Ashumed
Ashured
Ishue

I'd also say sure and shore the same.

Home counties.

I say the same for all of the above.

Black Country

I'm Scottish and have always said assume. Maybe different in different parts of the country.

Me too.

I'm Scottish

Me too. We don't all shound like Mr Connery ☺

I only ever heard people from poor socio-economics say a-shume.
It's ass-yoom.
Assure is different, it's like saying sure.

Issue and tissue pronounces ess you and tiss you is the right pronounciation but SH is the more common one. If you say S people assume you're trying to be posh.

YANBU. It's a bit like the word 'species' being pronounced 'SPEE-SHEES' - instead of SPEE-SEES!

@Mount2Climb

I only ever heard people from poor socio-economics say a-shume.

@PurpleButterflyWings
I did not say all people from poor socio economics pronounce it ashume. I said the ones I heard say assume ashume had poor socio economics.
That is my experience. I'm sure I heard many from a poor socio economic background say assume as assume, too. I've not heard a middle class person say ashume. Maybe you have and that's fine.

I agree, ashume id definately not asseptable. Probly people who speak like that are vunnerable in some way.

“Assume” makes an ass out of you and me.

Hmm, I'm Scottish and say 'ashyoom' and DH is from Devon and also says it like that. Both painfully middle-class I'm afraid! Does remind me of my old teacher who said 'Tissyoo' instead of 'Tishoo' for tissue.

Just a standard regional variation I'd imagine.

I've heard three different pronunciations:

Ass-soom
Ass-syoom
Ash-oom

I use the middle pronunciation, but it's not over emphasised.

You win the internet for me today!

Never heard of ashume

Come to Australia, home of ashume, reshume, etc., at least on TV. It appears relatively recent, i.e.wasn’t a thing when I got here about 15 years ago.

I always thought it was pronounced Arse-Homed.

Same! I'm not originally from the UK but I am bilingual and have lived in the South West for 15 years now. I ashumed everyone said it like I do, but then years ago I started noticing that most BBC presenters say assyoom and thought "wtf is this?!". DH has started saying it in the last couple of years and I still can't get used to it. 😂

If you're from London, you most likely are not an RP speaker.
The Cambridge Dictionary, which uses RP English, lists the pronunciation of "assume" as /əˈsjuːm/. The only difference between standard RP and standard North American English is the /j/ (or the "y" sound) and not "s" versus "sh." The "sh" you pronounce is a new feature of southern English dialects, but it is not "standard."