I've heard not-Gentiles pronounce "bubbie," so I know what it's supposed to sound like, but am unable to reproduce the exact vowel and therefore sound closer to "boobie."
My Wisconsin-bred college roommate and I used to mix it up at some length concerning her tendency to discuss events on the ruff-top or pulling weeds up by the rutts. She said I learned English from ghosts booOOOOoooOOOOO. "Hooves, my dear," I'd say. "NOT huffs."
I notice you didn't go there on paper root v. rowt, possibly because it's a whole other swatch o'sound.
And....tickbox. That is all.
Re: From a Gentile Texan Raised in California and imprisoned 13 years before the South Florida Mast.
[tries various pronounciations of "bubbie" out loud]
Unfortunately, my neck of the Georgia woods is a little short on Yiddish speakers to check me. South Florida was good for something besides palmetto bugs, it seems.
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From a Gentile Texan Raised in California and imprisoned 13 years before the South Florida Mast...
My Wisconsin-bred college roommate and I used to mix it up at some length concerning her tendency to discuss events on the ruff-top or pulling weeds up by the rutts. She said I learned English from ghosts booOOOOoooOOOOO. "Hooves, my dear," I'd say. "NOT huffs."
I notice you didn't go there on paper root v. rowt, possibly because it's a whole other swatch o'sound.
And....tickbox. That is all.
Re: From a Gentile Texan Raised in California and imprisoned 13 years before the South Florida Mast.
really? huh. well -- i'm here to tell you that if you pronounce it with the vowel in book and so forth, you'll be fine. :-)
you are quite right that i wasn't, for this survey, interested in route or anything else. it was "oo" vowels i was interested in. athankyaverramuch.
Re: From a Gentile Texan Raised in California and imprisoned 13 years before the South Florida Mast.
Unfortunately, my neck of the Georgia woods is a little short on Yiddish speakers to check me. South Florida was good for something besides palmetto bugs, it seems.