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View Poll Results: how do you pronounce book, cook and look

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  • boo-k, coo-k, loo-k

    13 37.14%
  • buck, cuck, luck

    19 54.29%
  • other

    3 8.57%
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingJesus View Post
    It's kinda pointless writing pronunciations in that fashion since if people pronounce book wrong they probably pronounce buck wrong too due to differences in inflection and all that other stuff that determines how one speaks. I know for a fact that a lot of northerners would say luck as "lock" but still think they're saying luck, for example
    I say luck and look same . I guess maybe different accents up north then would do that .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samanfa View Post
    I say luck and look same . I guess maybe different accents up north then would do that .
    Yeah that's because you're WRONG (northern)
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingJesus View Post
    Yeah that's because you're WRONG (northern)
    this hahahaha

    i say it like the first one, never heard anyone else say it differently

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    Quote Originally Posted by buttons View Post
    i thought this was a joke cause i don't know anyone who pronounces them the second way what
    same

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    the first one

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    the second one, but i don't pronounce book like buck

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    First one!

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    Like the second one but the c is more of a prolonged u for me. I'd say buck like "buh-ck" but book like "buuk" or "burk" LOL.
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    i have never ever heard somebody say buck instead of book whattt

    does the u have an umlaut?

    i pronounce them boohk loohk coohk, not that u will understand how that even sounds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyle View Post
    i have never ever heard somebody say buck instead of book whattt

    does the u have an umlaut?

    i pronounce them boohk loohk coohk, not that u will understand how that even sounds.
    same. How does book turn into buck anyway. trying to say it that way inrl and it sounds ODD


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