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Reuben pronunciation

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Firebird83 · 01/12/2022 12:46

The adult one I know says Roo-bin but I’ve also heard it pronounced more like Roo-bun. How do you say it?

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fairycupcakes · 01/12/2022 12:47

Roo buhn

purpleme12 · 01/12/2022 12:48

Roobun.
Only way I've heard it pronounced

Plump82 · 01/12/2022 12:49

Roo-bin.

Creamywhiteness · 01/12/2022 12:50

Roobuhn, the n tails off unlike in the word bun itself. Roobin makes me think of Billy Rubin/bilirubin!

justanotherlaura · 01/12/2022 12:53

We say roo-ben

KirstenBlest · 01/12/2022 13:38

I've heard Rubin, Roo-bun and Rew-ben I've also seen the spellings Reuben, Rubin, Ruben and Rueben.
I'd pick a different name.

mishl · 01/12/2022 13:47

Maybe it depends on your accent, but in my accent it's pronounced with the same ending sound as Robin.

Purplemagnolias · 01/12/2022 14:00

In English it's Roo-ben

In Dutch and German it's Roy-ben

toastofthetown · 01/12/2022 15:15

I’d say Roo-bən (where the ə is a schwa or unstressed vowel).

PollyPeePants · 01/12/2022 15:22

mishl · 01/12/2022 13:47

Maybe it depends on your accent, but in my accent it's pronounced with the same ending sound as Robin.

Same

GlassDeli · 01/12/2022 15:48

ROO-ben, with a neutral vowel on the 'ben' making it halfway to 'bun'.

It isn't Roo-bin. This sounds like an affectation, similar to pronouncing Helen as Hell-in.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 01/12/2022 15:50

Roo bun

FlamingoBabe · 01/12/2022 18:50

Roo-bin

Luredbyapomegranate · 01/12/2022 19:23

ROO-bun

But it’s going to vary with accent. It’s nice anyway.

Luredbyapomegranate · 01/12/2022 19:24

GlassDeli · 01/12/2022 15:48

ROO-ben, with a neutral vowel on the 'ben' making it halfway to 'bun'.

It isn't Roo-bin. This sounds like an affectation, similar to pronouncing Helen as Hell-in.

Pronouncing Helen Hell-in isn’t an affectation, it’s an accent

soulinablackberrypie · 02/12/2022 00:08

I've always heard it pronounced Roobin, although the analogy with Helen (which I definitely don't pronounce with an -in) is now making me wonder whether everyone I've heard saying it was wrong.

Barleysugar86 · 02/12/2022 00:16

Rue - Ben for the one I know.

KnickerlessParsons · 02/12/2022 00:22

I'd say Rew-bin. Not Roo.

RandomMess · 02/12/2022 00:32

North England accent

I say Rew-bn

It's not Ben or Bin and not quite bun so "bn"

Rew like due or dew which is the same as Kanga-roo.

SleepingStandingUp · 02/12/2022 00:33

fairycupcakes · 01/12/2022 12:47

Roo buhn

This.

RandomMess · 02/12/2022 00:37

Yeah

Rew/roo-buhn with unhealthy first syllable emphasised, 2nd very short.

SiobhanSharpe · 02/12/2022 00:40

Roo-b'n. Stress on first syllable.

GlassDeli · 02/12/2022 07:57

Pronouncing Helen Hell-in isn’t an affectation, it’s an accent

Which one?

KirstenBlest · 02/12/2022 09:09

@GlassDeli , lots of people say Helen as Hellin.

KnickerlessParsons · 02/12/2022 10:24

Rew like due or dew which is the same as Kanga-roo.

Where I come from Rew, due and dew aren't pronounced like kangaroo.

Kangaroo has an ooooo sound, like poo.

Rew, due and dew are pronounced like jewel or hue or hew or music.