How do you pronounce Mbu?

Pandora114 · Post by **Pandora114** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:50 am

I always pronounce it Um-Bu (long U)

It's rather funny that my three month old says Mbu often in his vocal explorations.

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:00 pm

RTR - sorry I misunderstood you! I thought you were saying mbu's were from malawi as opposed to the mbuna cichlids!

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:21 am

Ohh interesting! In my head it was em-be-yoo. Just the letters!

Umboo is nicer!

Post by **RTR** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:05 pm

It nothing else, "mbu" is the easiest species name to remember and to type correctly.

Fella · Post by **Fella** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:19 pm

I spoke to someone at work the other week with the surname mbu, he was surprised to hear me pronounce it correctly I think.

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:01 pm

lol I spoke to a fella today but it wasn't you! strange.

Are there alot of you? :durr:

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:07 pm

It's always been maboo and maboona for me

ben_mbu · Post by **ben_mbu** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:11 pm

id say its Ma-boo...i dont see it being pronounced any other way.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:22 pm

We've already been though this discussion. It's Swahili for "rock" & is pronounced um-boo.

Post by **Myaj** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:27 pm

Yep, it is "um-boo"

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