ugh (in posts)

I just had some chocolate fudge cake...nom nom nom.   

I once saw the phrase or utterance or whatever "nyum nyum" in a children's book written around 1900. I understand this is common in East Asian countries, China, Korea, Vietnam, among others, so maybe it travelled to Europe and the US and got slightly altered over time.

Nah, everyone knows it started with Cookie Monster!  

Nah, everyone knows it started with Cookie Monster!  

Oh my god!  Me love cookie monster!

Like pure said the English way and with the p taken away and the tongue thrust well forward, I suggest.

I give up!  Pure sounds to me the same in English or American.  I just have clearly never heard "ure" before.

I give up!  Pure sounds to me the same in English or American.  I just have clearly never heard "ure" before.

There's a couple of pronunciation examples on this site: http://www.forvo.com/word/ugh/.

The first is an American female, who pronounces it: 'ugg'

The second is a British male, who pronounces it: 'ure'

It can also be pronounced like 'uh' or 'uck' in the UK too.

The Polish kids next door to us said "urak".

I can't believe there is a thread on this.  Ugh. 

Oh, and I happily wear my Ugh boots in winter and everyone can laugh if they want while my toes are snuggled warmly in my ugly furry boots. 

There's a couple of pronunciation examples on this site: http://www.forvo.com/word/ugh/.

The first is an American female, who pronounces it: 'ugg'

The second is a British male, who pronounces it: 'ure'

It can also be pronounced like 'uh' or 'uck' in the UK too.

The British pronunciation sounds more like something I have actually heard, though I would never have thought to spell it "ugh". I have never heard anyone say anything that sounds like the "American" ugh.

When I've seen the word ugh in writing, I imagine it being pronounced with a hard "gh" sound, kind of like a German "ch". Like "uccchhhh".

The British pronunciation sounds more like something I have actually heard, though I would never have thought to spell it "ugh".

You learn something new every day, huh?

My husband pronounces it "ure", but says it means you are frustrated about something.  He says it can mean you're disgusted or grossed out, but pronounces it slightly differently, with an elongated ending.

I told him that it made sense that it wasn't "ugg", but asked him why "enough" wasn't pronounced "enure".  He said that he didn't know "enure" about it to answer.

So perhaps it does have to do with age.

My husband pronounces it "ure", but says it means you are frustrated about something.  He says it can mean you're disgusted or grossed out, but pronounces it slightly differently, with an elongated ending.

I think the elongation is optional. As with so much of everyday language, context indicates the likely meaning.

I told him that it made sense that it wasn't "ugg", but asked him why "enough" wasn't pronounced "enure".

For the same reasons that "cough" isn't pronounced "cow", or "laugh" pronounced "law" I guess.

Well, I had to actually ask him if it meant being grossed out.  The definition didn't come naturally when I spelt the word out to him, so I don't think it's a delicate nuance.

I think the elongation is optional. As with so much of everyday language, context indicates the likely meaning.

Which sort of answers your first post. 

Well, I had to actually ask him if it meant being grossed out.  The definition didn't come naturally when I spelt the word out to him, so I don't think it's a delicate nuance.

Which sort of answers your first post. 

I guess. I don't think that asking your husband is exactly taking a representative sample of native BrE speakers, though.

I guess. I don't think that asking your husband is exactly taking a representative sample of native BrE speakers, though.

He is one though, unlike you.  Perhaps it is an age thing, as you mentioned before.  Or maybe in Canada they held onto the original British English meaning longer than they did here.