Question Dearest Noobs, I have a most important question. (Nobel nomination upcoming)

[Zed Clampet]

If you pronounce it "nube", does it make a difference to you if it is spelled "newb"? This is the way I do it, "nube" for 'noob' and "newbie" for 'newb'.

What if it is plural like in the title of the post?

 

[Brian Boru]

Neither, but 'nube' is closest. I make it rhyme with the 'OO' sound from bOOm 🙂

Slow day? 😛

 

[Zed Clampet]

Neither, but 'nube' is closest. I make it rhyme with the 'OO' sound from bOOm 🙂

Slow day? 😛

According to the dictionary, those are the same, "nude" and "boom" have the same vowel sound, though some people say "nude" as "nyew-d" where the "n" is soft and flows into the vowel.

Now if you are speaking in one of the many UK accents, well I can't cover all of those in a poll. Maybe I should have said, are there one or two vowel sounds? Or one or two syllables?

Either way, it won't let me change poll options after posting it.

And, yes, I'm bored out of my mind.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Where I come from its noob like boob, rude or brood. Not like tube or stewed. And certainly not like stood.

In many ways Finnish is a lot more simple.

 

[Colif]

also depends on accents and how words are pronounced in the country.

There is no one right way... plenty of wrong ones though 🙂

I didn't vote.

Either way, it won't let me change poll options after posting it.

the 3 who replied so far could probably help you there.

 

[Frindis]

I often say newb, so I picked the first once since it was closest.

 

[Pifanjr]

If you pronounce it "nube", does it make a difference to you if it is spelled "newb"? This is the way I do it, "nube" for 'noob' and "newbie" for 'newb'.

What if it is plural like in the title of the post?

I do pronounce newb different than noob. Newb is like nyewb and noob is like boob, though with a less pronounced "b" at the end, making it sound almost like a "p".

Plural doesn't matter.

 

[hybrid_birth]

I pronounce it noob.

I got called noob alot when i would play Soilder of Fortune on my 56k internet. I think that game had voice chat so I learned how the Kool kids pronounced it.

 

[BeardyHat]

I'll just leave this here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfVqfIN8_c


Also, noob, sounds like "Tube" when I pronounce it.

 

[Frindis]

"Too long, didn't listen" he nailed that one. Speaking of grandpas that can kick ass:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEH-Whj_NTE

 

[Hveðrungr]

Yeah, you needed to clarify between /nuːb/ and /njuːb/. Should have used IPA notation really!

As for the different spellings question, I think I'd usually say “n00b” = /nuːb/, “newb” = /njuːb/, and “newbie” = /ˈnjuːbi/. (My accent is Standard British with Mancunian influence.)