How do you pronounce Mature

[Xylitol]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4314...iberty-bell#s-p1-so-i0

There's an advisory warning at the beginning that pronounces "mature audiences" as "muh-tur audiences"
weird...

I pronounce it muh-chur

 

[StevenYoo]

i say "mah churr"

I also pronounce the number 20 as "chwenee"

<--- from "noo yawk"

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
i say "mah churr"

I also pronounce the number 20 as "chwenee"

<--- from "noo yawk"

I say "mah churr," but I say twenty the correct way. 🙂

 

[CrazyLazy]

people that say muh are stuck up assholes.

 

[Gothgar]

mah-chur

twenty = twenny

 

[axelfox]

Mah - New - Er

 

[MustangSVT]

mah - cah - rena

oooohh~~

 

[Chronoshock]

Mature = mah/muh + chur
You don't say maturation like "mah tur ay shun", that would sound ridiculous.
Nature is pronounced nay chur, not nay tur

 

[ruu]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
Mature = mah/muh + chur
You don't say maturation like "mah tur ay shun", that would sound ridiculous.
Nature is pronounced nay chur, not nay tur

English is notorious for having inconsistencies in pronunciation with respect to spelling, though. Saying that one word should be pronounced in the same manner that another word is pronounced by referencing its spelling is totally unreliable.

I've heard all sorts of pronunciations of "mature"---this is what I've heard, which is what dictionary.com lists as pronunciation variants:

muh-toor
muh-tyoor
muh-choor
muh-chur

 

[Iron Woode]

MILF

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
MILF

:laugh:

 

[compuwiz1]

Ma-tour 🙂

 

[onlyCOpunk]

depends if you want to sound like a dickhead or not

 

[vshah]

mah-chyor

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
i say "mah churr"

I also pronounce the number 20 as "chwenee"

<--- from "noo yawk"

+1

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Ma-tour 🙂

People in my department say that all the time, and I think it makes them sound like clown penises. It's like they're trying extra hard to sound smart...

edit: I should clarify. This happens to many words where they put the emphasis in a different place to sound distinguished. *vomit*