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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Sue

Hi.

How to pronounce the female name Sue; should it be /sooh/ or /syooh/ ?

Thank you.
  

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/ sooh / for me.

  • / sooh / for me.
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Thank you, MM, for your useful reply.
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AnonymousHi.How to pronounce the female name Sue; should it be /sooh/ or /syooh/ ? Thank you.
I say /sooh/. (AmE)

In American English, most of the time the /j/ in /ju/ is only retained only after /m/, /b/, /p/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/ and /h/.

muse, imbue, pure, cube, argue, few, view, huge

Most Americans drop the /j/ in the /ju/ sound e

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