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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FayCarew · 02/12/2022 10:36

@KnickerlessParsons , Due and Dew rhyme with Hugh and Pew.
Roo rhymes with Who and Poo

Thereisnolight · 02/12/2022 10:39

Roo-bin and Roo-bun and Roo-Ben and Roo-buhn and Roob-schwa-n all sound the same to me.

KnickerlessParsons · 02/12/2022 12:21

FayCarew · 02/12/2022 10:36

@KnickerlessParsons , Due and Dew rhyme with Hugh and Pew.
Roo rhymes with Who and Poo

Yes! Not kangaroo though.

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/12/2022 12:24

GlassDeli · 02/12/2022 07:57

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

Which one?

RPish - it’s quite common in London, SE, near SW - so to say Eleanor as El-lin-uh rather than El-un-uh or Medicine as Med-cin rather than Med-sun

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/12/2022 12:25

Possibly other accents as well, of course.

FayCarew · 02/12/2022 12:53

Kangaroo rhymes with poo, not with pew, or do but not due/dew

I say Helen as Hellun and Medicine as Medsin

MWNA · 02/12/2022 12:55

SiobhanSharpe · 02/12/2022 00:40

Roo-b'n. Stress on first syllable.

Same.

Highlyflavouredgravy · 02/12/2022 12:57

This

CinderellaFant · 02/12/2022 16:13

Rube-in

KeepingTheWaterOut · 03/12/2022 11:58

I pronounce Reuben like Robin, but with an "oo" instead of an "aw."

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