How do you pronounce turmeric?

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TER-muh-rik?

CHOOM-rik?

I'm more aghast at Chooseday.
I've always said tyoosday.

But then I also say draw-ing and exact-ly.

ter/tur for me too. Both are the same sound in my accent too.

deffo not a choo mer ick.

Choom-er-ick
And yes, I say Chooseday
North east accent

My kids and DH say bold and bald exactly the same way. Makes me twitch. See also, tongue and tongs.

My grandmother cooked with haldi, my mother cooks with turmeric (tum-er-ic) I have only just, from this thread, realised it's the same thing

Yesterday DH said tur-mer-ic, which got me wondering if tum-er-ic wasn't correct. I concluded it was, but it seems to be just me and my DM saying tum-er-ic!

My kids and DH say bold and bald exactly the same way. Makes me twitch. See also, tongue and tongs.

That's standard in the East Midlands - and maybe other regions too.

But how do you pronounce Turn, Turing, Turban? They all have the same beginning as TURmeric.

Tuesday is different as it starts with TUE and not TUR.

Why would it be TERmeric?
Wouldn't it be TUR as in turn?

Umm, haven't we already had this conversation?😂

Yes, repeatedly . Once more for the people at the back... 'ur' and 'er' don't sound the same as each other in all accents.

*But they do in quite a lot of accents!

Haldi 😁

I keep pronouncing the various options as I keep reading this thread. But I say choo rin for Turin. So can see a bit how you could go from choo r (soft r) meric to choomerick.

I keep pronouncing the various options as I keep reading this thread. But I say choo rin for Turin. So can see a bit how you could go from choo r (soft r) meric to choomerick.

But it's pronounced more as 'tyuh-RIN' in English - not 'TER-in'. If you split the syllables, you might tackle the 'Tu' bit first (as some people say Tuesday) and then the 'rin' part.

Nobody splits turmeric into three syllables to make 'tu', 'rmer' and 'ic'. How would you even try to pronounce 'rmer'?! It's the randomly ignored 'r' that some people do that's most bizarre of all - as in 'Febuary' and 'libary'.

How do people pronounce Turban?

Tur-ban or Choo-ban?

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll and that is indeed where we live. I will continue to twitch a lot!

Tur as in turn sounds exactly the same as eg, ter as in term?

It doesn't in my accent. Two completely different sounds.

Noticeably different in mine too 🤷🏻‍♀️

Absolutely term-er-ic. Drives me absolutely nuts when people say choomeric, which seems the more common way up north. The only explanation I can come up with is that people are spelling it in their head without the R. So tumeric. Which is wrong!

But Turing is pronounced tue-ring, not the same as in turban, turn, turbulent or, indeed, turmeric! Must be on account of the tur- being followed by a vowel rather than a consonant?

But Turing is pronounced tue-ring

Not in my accent - I say Too-ring or Tur-ing.

But definitely not Tue-ring like Tuesday

Ok, but is that the same way you pronounce turkey, turbulent, turmeric etc? I was disputing that Turing is pronounced the same as turn and turban, as stated in the post which I quoted.

But Turing is pronounced tue-ring, not the same as in turban, turn, turbulent or, indeed, turmeric! Must be on account of the tur- being followed by a vowel rather than a consonant?

Yes, definitely. See also: pure, curate, during, lure, furious etc.

But Turing is pronounced tue-ring, not the same as in turban, turn, turbulent or, indeed, turmeric! Must be on account of the tur- being followed by a vowel rather than a consonant?

But the 'r' is still there - just attached to the second syllable. I'd understand if people said 'tu/choo-(uh)rmiric', but the 'r' just completely disappears!

I wouldn't say Tue-ring, I'd say Tyaw-ring (Tyaw to rhyme with paw).

That's unusual! Do you also pronounce 'curing', 'during' etc as kyaw-ring, dyaw-ring?

Shouldn't the Tur of Turmeric be pronounced like the Tur of Turkey?