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Locut0s

(6,154 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2013, 05:44 PM Dec 2013

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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How do you pronounce Humus? [View all] Locut0s Dec 2013 OP

Humus a little tune MuseRider Dec 2013 #1

Cool, thank you. MuseRider Dec 2013 #9

Hugh-mus Ptah Dec 2013 #2

Well... Wait Wut Dec 2013 #3

Indeed. bluesbassman Dec 2013 #8

Stuff is nasty. Wait Wut Dec 2013 #10

Yeah, he's the greatest! bluesbassman Dec 2013 #12

It was a beautiful thing. Wait Wut Dec 2013 #29

Yes! I thought I was alone in my dislike for the stuff tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #32

It's hummus KamaAina Dec 2013 #4

Huh-muss... Xyzse Dec 2013 #5

It's probably the cumin you object to. bif Dec 2013 #7

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #11

Cumin? Yuck! Most of the Arab world doesn't do that... JCMach1 Dec 2013 #15

'humm us' a tune. MerryBlooms Dec 2013 #13

huh moose (like the the animal)... at least in the Gulf Arab world JCMach1 Dec 2013 #14

Hum us antiquie Dec 2013 #20

Uncles and cousins spoke French to each other antiquie Dec 2013 #28

Many Lebanese mix French, Arabic and English freely... JCMach1 Dec 2013 #34

I love hummus, my wife has been making it for 20 years or so .... kwassa Dec 2013 #16

Indeed I love the stuff too. We also make it.. Locut0s Dec 2013 #17

I've never made it OriginalGeek Dec 2013 #23

I pity the guys who have to take your Shawarma order ;) nt. Locut0s Dec 2013 #19

Ground up chick peas Major Nikon Dec 2013 #21

HyOO-miss Populist_Prole Dec 2013 #22

Hum us. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2013 #26

I thought you were talking about rich, organic soil. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #30

hum-us a tune, and as noted above "hummus" magical thyme Dec 2013 #31

Crap, mostly. cliffordu Dec 2013 #33