Sep 5, 2015 · It usually says /yoo/ when it follows an unvoiced consonant (b, d, p, c, f, h, t). As languages evolve both in pronunciation and dialect, this 'rule' is weakened somewhat, …

The Oxford English Dictionary dates yoo-hoo to 1924, as noted by the American Dialect Society, and compares it to yo-ho, originally a nautical phrase also sometimes used in yo-heave-ho. …

Sep 2, 2011 · I think that any etymology of "Yo!" that goes back only a few hundred years is woefully incomplete and quite absurd. "Yo!" is used in more-or-less formal situations in East …

U is "oo" for nearly all American, and a substantial number of British English speakers in most words when it falls in a stressed syllable after one of the following consonants: /l/ /s/ /z/ U is …

May 5, 2017 · It’s an interjection, and like many other interjections, it’s spelt in dozens of different ways. P.U. is not one I’ve seen before, and I doubt I’d recognise it; and pew has the …

Jun 13, 2015 · Here, unicorn begins with the vowel 'u' but it's pronounced more or less like 'yoo'. 'Unicorn' begins with a consonant sound, so we use 'a' before it. Some other examples are: a …

Jan 4, 2016 · When adressing a group of people and wanting to find out who belongs to a certain subgroup, is it correct to use "who of you" or "which of you" at the beginning of the question? …

May 14, 2015 · Because of spelling conservatism and sound changes. The word "ewe" is not really pronounced "non phonetically" any more than words like betrayal (which is not "betra …

Jan 8, 2012 · I heard someone pronounce UI as yooey. I guess this comes from the pronunciation of GUI, which is gooey. How common is this compared to yoo-eye and user-interface?

Aug 23, 2012 · What is the correct spelling, dammit or damnit? And what is the difference? Just writing this question brings up a red squiggly underneath damnit and the suggestions include …