Question about IT

[vivazebool]

I am almost finished reading IT. What an incredible story!

How do you pronounce CHÜD? Can someone give me another word that it rhymes with?

Thanks a bunch.

[delores 74]

I've looked online and can only find explanations of it, not specifically how to pronounce it. When I read it, I pronounced it Chud, rhymes with dud. Now that I think about it, it could be pronounced to rhyme with mood.

[hipmamajen]

I don't know, I was saying it in my head like it rhymed with "should." But, I have no reason to believe that's correct. Now I'm curious...

[Damaris]

I think it's supposed to be pronounced "chewed" or maybe "shooed" but I was never sure, either. I just pronounced it "chud" (rhymes with "blood") and called it good.

[bopropadop]

I've always pronounced it like "mud." And after three readings of It, I'll have a hard time changing if I'm wrong...

[thymeoperator]

i read it to rhyme with 'mood' because the 'u' has an umlat over it and in german that would be a long 'u'. it reminds me of something lovecraft would come up with...or is it something he made up and that's why i'm thinking of it?

[vivazebool]

I think it's supposed to be pronounced "chewed" or maybe "shooed" but I was never sure, either. I just pronounced it "chud" (rhymes with "blood") and called it good.

Looks like you're right. I did a little search through Merriam-Webster's:

\ ü \ as in rule, youth, union \'yün-y&n\, few \'fyü\. As an unstressed vowel before another vowel, \ü\ is often pronounced as a schwa with slight lip rounding that is separated from the following vowel by the glide \w\, as valuing \'val-y&-wi[ng]\. This reduced variant is not usually shown at individual entries. Younger speakers of American English often use a more centralized and less rounded pronunciation of \ü\ in certain words (as news and musician), both in stressed and especially in unstressed syllables.

[JohnDalglish]

I've always pronounced it like "mud." And after three readings of It, I'll have a hard time changing if I'm wrong...

Hi,

Me too, but you've raised a question here.

Has anyone heard the audiobook perhaps?

Long days and pleasant nights

[thymeoperator]

Looks like you're right. I did a little search through Merriam-Webster's:

\ ü \ as in rule, youth, union \'yün-y&n\, few \'fyü\. As an unstressed vowel before another vowel, \ü\ is often pronounced as a schwa with slight lip rounding that is separated from the following vowel by the glide \w\, as valuing \'val-y&-wi[ng]\. This reduced variant is not usually shown at individual entries. Younger speakers of American English often use a more centralized and less rounded pronunciation of \ü\ in certain words (as news and musician), both in stressed and especially in unstressed syllables.

while all very interesting, what does that mean, for those of us who don't understand that stuff? does that make it rhyme with 'chewed' or 'mud' or 'good' ?

[vivazebool]

while all very interesting, what does that mean, for those of us who don't understand that stuff? does that make it rhyme with 'chewed' or 'mud' or 'good' ?

CHÜD rhymes with chewed.