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I say "pew-zho".  Which, I always assumed was wrong just because I'm not French and can't speak a lick of French.  I didn't realize people were throwing in R's over here!

ETA: I think now I may have to take a secret survey of my friends and see how they say it!  You know, "Ohhh, what kind of car is that?"

LOL! Does he really pronounce an R in Peugeot?? I pronounce it purr-zho, but not with an R in purr. I'm British originally, so "purr" (like a cat's sound) doesn't have a strong R at the end. Does that make sense?

yeah he does the purrr - it gave us a giggle as he never thought about it not having an "r"
He said then again it is French...

It was just funny to me as I am with you (IM) Patiently Waiting - I alays said it to myself and did it phonetically.
 

My DH also pronounces it like 'purr-zho'.  It took me ages to figure out what kind of car he was talking about (actually I finally figured it out when he mentioned it while an advert was on and I saw the name of the car).  I always pronounced it (luckily, only to myself) the way it is phonetically spelled.

Not like I'm trying to win the pronunciation battle here, but: http://www.forvo.com/word/peugeot/ 

Lol - I say something like poo-zho! 

DH creased himself laughing the first time he heard me say it.  It's because that's how someone that I used to hang out with said it like that, back when I was in my late teens or early 20s - and I hadn't really ever heard of the car/brand anyway, so I said it that way too & it just stuck. 

I had no idea how 'ugh' could be pronounced 'ure' but now that I hear the voice samples, I see what sound they mean.  I've heard people say that before but never thought of it as being 'ugh'!  Maybe 'eugh' or 'eww' or something, but I can't really think of any ways to spell it that convey how it sounds..

I say 'ugh' (as 'ugg') out loud sometimes..  It never occurred to me I might be pronouncing it wrong, ha!

I say 'ugh' (as 'ugg') out loud sometimes..  It never occurred to me I might be pronouncing it wrong, ha! 

Me too, and with a hard G. 

Honestly I don't think there is a right or wrong way for a sound-word like that.  And even if there is, who cares? 

who cares? 

Of course it's not really important and nobody really cares, but it's still fun to discuss! Life would be pretty dull if we only talked about serious things! 

It seems that some people didn't read my initial post where I thought I had made it pretty clear (1) that I was being lighthearted (2) that I was intrigued by a change in usage since I was young, rather than thinking that one way of saying (or writing) 'ugh' was "right".