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Old 10-17-2005, 01:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Just out of curiousity, is it pronounced MOO-sa or MYOU-sa.
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Old 10-17-2005, 06:17 AM   #2 (permalink)
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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?"
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Old 10-17-2005, 07:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I vote for "Bass-Jew".
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http://www.taunton.com/finegardening...usa_basjoo.wav

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Old 10-17-2005, 11:24 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 10-17-2005, 01:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Good one! lol
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Nice find. I can't believe how many words I was butchering!
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Old 10-17-2005, 02:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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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 ???.
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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.
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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!"


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