On: Could we reboot a modern civilization without fossil fuels? (2016)

[function_seven]

> 'news' rhymes with 'pews'

This must be a regional thing. I've never heard someone pronounce "news" as "nyooze". "Pews" is pronounced that way, however.

[robin_reala → function_seven]

Default en-GB pronunciation is njuːz.

[function_seven → robin_reala]

Wow, what a blind spot I have. Of course. When I imagine a Briton saying it, I hear that pronunciation.

I'm en-US, obviously :)

[OJFord → function_seven]

Ah, well, I neglected to think/realise AmE was generally 'nooze' too... So I might have to retract 'most dialects' (at least in the way I meant it which was counting speakers rather than distinct dialects).

The other form you often see this in is long 'u's being 'oo' rather than (as I would say) roughly 'ew'. (Duplicate, repudiate, muse, etc.)

[bobthepanda → OJFord]

Are you from the Northeast US? I pronounce news rhyming with pews that way.

[OJFord → bobthepanda]

Southwest England. (Ha, really.)

[silicon2401 → function_seven]

How do you pronounce 'news'? As an american I've only ever heard it as 'nyooz'. Do you say 'nooz'?

[function_seven → silicon2401]

Yup. Rhymes with "booze", "snooze", "ooze", and "screws".

... and "lose" to bring this full circle.

[silicon2401 → function_seven]

That's fascinating. Thanks for sharing, I had no idea other Americans say 'nooz'instead of 'nyooz' as I say