- Joined
- Jan 7, 2011
- Member Type
- Retired English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- Canada
- Current Location
- Canada
Pupil /pjuːpl/
Puma /pjuːmə/
Both have same pronunciation in the first syllables.
In all my life I have never heard anybody say pyooma, and I'd be sorely tempted to laugh at anybody who did. In Anerica, the home of the puma, it's pronounced pooma.
All of the teachers here are native speakers of English. It is highly presumptuous of you to lecture us on English pronunciation.
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