Proper Pronunciation: Snus

[ImYourSalt]

I hear many people pronounce it "snoose"

I have always pronounced it "snus" just as it is spelled

can someone clear this up for me?

 

[yanks21]

rhymes with Goose

 

[asidrave]

also when you see "los" snus...its pronounced loose

ya know....a simple sticky thread with snus terminology would be very useful

 

[ImYourSalt]

thanks guys. i appreciate the help!

however, i will still pronounce it how i like to hear it. at least until it gets me into trouble.

 

[TWISTED VICTOR]

The los goose ate the snus (it all rhymes). Funny though, I still say snus, like fuss. Drives Momma crazy, but then I miss-pronounce everything. You'd think she'd get used to it after all these years .

 

[Katya]

Actually, it's more like german umlaut, not "oo". There is no vowel like this in English. Like in Munchen, or French "tu" or "deja vu." Man snusar, pa Svenska.

 

[olderthandirt]

I still believe the plural of snus is sneese.

 

[firechick]

Are you saying that I have SNEESE in my freezer???? Oh my!

 

[Steamin' E.]

Are you saying that I have SNEESE in my freezer???? Oh my!

Congrats on post number 200!

 

[olderthandirt]

Are you saying that I have SNEESE in my freezer???? Oh my!

Yep

silly, isn't it

 

[Steamin' E.]

Oh, and -- I'd always pronounced it (in my head, since I've never needed to say the word out loud) as "snooze." It makes sense, if you ask me. It's spelled similarly to the word "gnus" (which is the plural of "gnu," an African antelope species), and "gnus" is pronounced using the "ooze" sound. But I'm not Swedish, so, I didn't know any better.

 

[firechick]

Hope they get along with the snuffseses in my bookshelf!!

 

[olderthandirt]

Oh, and -- I'd always pronounced it (in my head, since I've never needed to say the word out loud) as "snooze." It makes sense, if you ask me. It's spelled similarly to the word "gnus" (which is the plural of "gnu," an African antelope species), and "gnus" is pronounced using the "ooze" sound.

And I always thought it was gnees! Mouse after all is meeses and it does follow that if you've more than one grouse, why you've greese!

Hope they get along with the snuffseses in my bookshelf!!

Sneef?