How do you pronounce Humus?

[Locut0s]

I'm speaking of the middle eastern side dish.

I've always pronounced it #2 but I notice a lot of people use #1.

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	1. Humus rhymes with dumbest.
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	2. Who-mouse
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[MuseRider]

1. Humus a little tune

is how it is pronounced around here but this is Kansas and we don't care how things are supposed to be pronounced, we pronounce everything Merican. Fuck yeah!

Seriously, I do not know any other way. This is the only way I have ever heard it pronounced.

[bif]

6. That's how it's pronounced in the Arabic part of town. Dearborn, MI

So I'm guessing that's the correct way.

[MuseRider]

9. Cool, thank you.

I guess we are not always just plain stupid here, lol

Good to know.

[Ptah]

2. Hugh-mus

[Wait Wut]

3. Well...

...a retching sound followed by gagging would be close to the correct pronunciation, imo.

[bluesbassman]

8. Indeed.

I was going to say the correct pronunciation is "buick", but I believe yours is much more accurate.

[Wait Wut]

10. Stuff is nasty.

Glad we found something to agree on besides Barry Manilow.

[bluesbassman]

12. Yeah, he's the greatest!

BTW, nice ass-whoopin' your guys handed out Monday night.

[Wait Wut]

29. It was a beautiful thing.

We'll do it again on Sunday.

[tabbycat31]

32. Yes! I thought I was alone in my dislike for the stuff

[KamaAina]

4. It's hummus

sometimes huumus. The Kansan is correct; both are pronounced "hum us (a little tune)".

Humus (hugh-mus) is a type of soil.

[Xyzse]

5. Huh-muss...

It is good as an additive, but as a dip... -shudders- Smells like rank armpit. Made my eyes water the first time I tried it.

[bif]

7. It's probably the cumin you object to.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. Yup.

I call Cumin "The Armpit spice" because right out of the container, that's what it smells like to me.

Cooked into a dish and it's wonderful.

All by itself, and you are standing in the disrobing room of a Turkish Bathhouse.

Don't ask how I know this.

[JCMach1]

15. Cumin? Yuck! Most of the Arab world doesn't do that...

[MerryBlooms]

13. 'humm us' a tune.

The Sabra roasted red pepper is my favorite!

[JCMach1]

14. huh moose (like the the animal)... at least in the Gulf Arab world

[antiquie]

20. Hum us

according to Lebanese grandmother (immigrated in 1914).

[JCMach1]

27. There are many Arab dialects... Gulf Arabs are different from Lebanese and different from Egyptians

etc...

[antiquie]

28. Uncles and cousins spoke French to each other

'cause they couldn't understand each others' Arabic.
Add in accent to dialect...

[JCMach1]

34. Many Lebanese mix French, Arabic and English freely...

[kwassa]

16. I love hummus, my wife has been making it for 20 years or so ....

She puts tons of garlic and lemon in it, and it is great with fresh pita bread, or on carrot sticks or celery.

We discovered some new tahini at a local ethnic market that really stepped up the flavor, too. They had nine types to choose from!

It is both very healthy and very delicious, like many Middle Eastern salads and appetizers.

[Locut0s]

17. Indeed I love the stuff too. We also make it..

Like you, heavy on the garlic and lemon. Probably heavier on the lemon than it is usually traditionally made. But I love that sour, acidic bite. Yeah Tahini is a must, wow 9 different types!

[OriginalGeek]

23. I've never made it

but I love it. Even though it's not traditional, I guess, there's a cool Mediterranean cafe near work that will spread it on the pita before building my gyro.

But I'll sit and intend to eat a few pita chips and look down and realize the whole damn bowl is gone.

I really should try making some - I eat it too much to keep buying it...

[struggle4progress]

18. Like it almost rhymes with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

[Locut0s]

19. I pity the guys who have to take your Shawarma order ;) nt.

[Major Nikon]

21. Ground up chick peas

[Populist_Prole]

22. HyOO-miss

[loli phabay]

24. depends which part of the levant you are in, i have heard it different ways

same with kebabs.

[Rhythm]

25. Humm-us for the chick-pea paste. --- Hume-us for the decaying plant matter

[ZombieHorde]

26. Hum us. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

30. I thought you were talking about rich, organic soil.

Hyoo-mus

[magical thyme]

31. hum-us a tune, and as noted above "hummus"

humus is just a fancy word for compost. very important stuff, I might add...

[cliffordu]

33. Crap, mostly.

Sorry, consensus seems to be number one. My bad.