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Originally Posted by macallan25
I have never heard DU pronounced with a "yoop" sound.
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Me neither. The DUs on my campus called themselves Delta "OOP"silon.
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According to the dictionary, the "correct" English pronunciation is UP-si-lon or YOOP-si-lon, but I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone use either. I almost invariably hear OOP-si-lon, including from DUs.
In Greek, the "U" is an umlaut, so that it comes out sounding more like a cross between OOPS-i-lon and EEPS-i-lon.