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Cohiba
10-17-2005, 01:47 AM
Just out of curiousity, is it pronounced MOO-sa or MYOU-sa.

Casa Del Gatos
10-17-2005, 06:17 AM
If you pronounce it as a Latin word, it would be Moo-Sa. However, just about everybody I have heard say it, say Myou-Sa.

Here's a better one I posted some time back on the "other" forum.

"Is it Bass-Jew, Bah-Zoo or Bah-Jew?":D

PhilMusa
10-17-2005, 07:46 AM
I vote for "Bass-Jew".

foil
10-17-2005, 10:30 AM
:drum:

http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/audio/Musa_basjoo.wav

Ade

MediaHound
10-17-2005, 11:24 AM
:drum:

http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/audio/Musa_basjoo.wav

Ade

nice find :ha:

momoese
10-17-2005, 01:40 PM
Good one! lol

PhilMusa
10-17-2005, 01:59 PM
Nice find. I can't believe how many words I was butchering!:D

bananaman
10-17-2005, 02:59 PM
Hello folks, havent been around for a while.
Nice to be back.
Best regards from England.
Moosa, Bas-joo, and Eye Eye.
Hows that for Queens English ???.
Sidney Parker.

bananalover
10-19-2005, 06:06 PM
I had no idea that Musa was pronounced Moo-sah. I did however keep pronouncing Basjoo as Bass-joo but was trying to change my way of pronouncing it since someone on gardenweb said it was pronounced Bah-zoo. Now I still wonder what is right. Just because it is on the internet does not exactly mean it is written in stone, lol.

Casa Del Gatos
10-19-2005, 06:30 PM
I think Bah-zoo sounds cooler as in: "I've got Basjoo out the wazoo!"
But if it was Bah-jou, you could have the culinary delight "Basjoo Au Jus!"
:ha:

Ok, ok, back to my cave.