To the people who say Buck instead of Book.

[Deleted User] · 30/09/14 - 10:31

Then how on earth do you pronounce the word "Buck"?

TheTruth1983 · 30/09/14 - 10:32

Is this another one of those things that no one else will have heard?

Pull2Open · 30/09/14 - 10:33

Never have i ever heard anyone, other than maybe those with a foreign accent, pronounce book as buck!?!?!

Doctor_Wibble · 30/09/14 - 10:35

I've heard people pronounce "want" more like "wunt" does that count?
Possibly a local accent somewhere, definitely needs careful typing...

Elyan · 30/09/14 - 10:38

I have never heard anyone pronounce book as buck.

A library buck.

Buck him Danno.

Vehicle log buck.

Nope.

paulbrock · 30/09/14 - 10:44

I pronounce them the same; rhyming with duck.

"give me 10 bucks" and "give me 10 books" would be determined by the context.

The only other pronuncation I can think of is rhyming book with Luke which to my ears sounds strongly Northern.

TrollHunter · 30/09/14 - 10:45

Oh fook off

Takae · 30/09/14 - 10:48

Buck rhymes with duck. Book rhymes with took. I don't know anyone who pronounces both words the same way.

UKMikey · 30/09/14 - 10:57

I did a training course once which was run by a woman from up north somewhere who pronounced book like buck. Wish I could remember where she came from.

dd68 · 30/09/14 - 11:00

This doesn't make any sense to me

rupert_pupkin · 30/09/14 - 11:01

Surely it's the other way round? Everyone North of Watford pronounces 'buck' as 'book' don't they?

Jean-Francois · 30/09/14 - 11:02

Takae wrote: »

Buck rhymes with duck. Book rhymes with took. I don't know anyone who pronounces both words the same way.

I don't think, OP excepted, that anyone knows, nor has heard, anyone that does either.

Inkblot · 30/09/14 - 11:02

My grandmother pronounced butcher as if the "but" part rhymed with "butt".

valkay · 30/09/14 - 11:06

I have heard it, even some t.v. presenters and newsreaders say it. I think it is because they don't want to sound common and are trying to be posh
What annoys me more though is mainly young people who say "berk" or cerk berk, or Robin Herd, and any "oo" sound which they stretch out.

netcurtains · 30/09/14 - 11:13

Book, look, took all rhyme with duck and fck

How the hell are you lot saying it

ROWLING2010 · 30/09/14 - 11:21

netcurtains wrote: »

Book, look, took all rhyme with duck and fck

How the hell are you lot saying it

This ^

Maybe it's a 'ull thing.

One being too common and unable to pronounce words correctly.

Dangermoose · 30/09/14 - 11:24

netcurtains wrote: »

Book, look, took all rhyme with duck and fck

How the hell are you lot saying it

This is what I'm wondering

My head hurts and I need more sleep ...............

UKMikey · 30/09/14 - 11:27

Jean-Francois wrote: »

I don't think, OP excepted, that anyone knows, nor has heard, anyone that does either.

I don't think you've read all the posts in the thread before yours.

planets · 30/09/14 - 11:28

netcurtains wrote: »

Book, look, took all rhyme with duck and fck

How the hell are you lot saying it

correctly

Vulpes · 30/09/14 - 11:29

A Scottish man rushes into a library - "I need to find a book fast"
Librarian - "The off-licence is next door"

paulbrock · 30/09/14 - 11:33

netcurtains wrote: »

Book, look, took all rhyme with duck and fck

How the hell are you lot saying it

glad its not just me

Jakobjoe · 30/09/14 - 11:43

It's buck in the north or bewk

Apple22over7 · 30/09/14 - 11:47

Book buck took tuck look luck – they all sound the same to me and I’m from the midlands.

The only time I’ve heard different was in Stoke, where book/look/took were pronounced buke/luke/tuke. I think the scouse accent may be similar too.

UKMikey · 30/09/14 - 11:52

Apple22over7 wrote: »

Book buck took tuck look luck – they all sound the same to me and I’m from the midlands.

The only time I’ve heard different was in Stoke, where book/look/took were pronounced buke/luke/tuke. I think the scouse accent may be similar too.

You midlanders pronounce buck the way that southerners say book though. In the case of the Northwestern lady I heard she pronounced book the way that we down here say buck.

Andrue · 30/09/14 - 11:58

Pull2Open wrote: »

Never have i ever heard anyone, other than maybe those with a foreign accent, pronounce book as buck!?!?!

I've heard a few relatives pronounce 'book' as 'boook' (like 'Boo' but with 'k' on the end) but they are from Staffordshire. Most of them time I don't hear or (as far I know) pronounce 'book' any different from 'buck').

Buck rhymes with duck. Book rhymes with took.

Agreed. Book, took, buck, tuck, duck - almost the same apart from the first letter. I think might have a slightly deeper 'u' sometimes.

Joni M · 30/09/14 - 11:59

It's a scouse thing.

Hey there!

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