How do you pronounce "Lua"?

[Mike Teavee]

Is it LOO-ah?

(I want to start learning Lua, but I want to make sure I'm saying it right first.)

[TarikNeaj]

Thats how I say it atleast. LOOOOOOOOOaaaaaaah

Edit: And google translate seems to agree. Google translate it never wrong.

[ModShop]

I always thought it was "loo"-"uh" but then again, why would I know? XD

[TarikNeaj]

http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/lua

[LB]

Loo-uh, with the same emphasis on both syllables. Just like SQL is sequel.

[TarikNeaj]

Loo-uh sounds nasty and stale compared to loo-ah

[LB]

In my region there is no audible difference between Loo-uh and loo-ah.

[TarikNeaj]

Does it sound the same as in video I posted? http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/lua

[LB]

Yes (aside from the thick accent), but Lua isn't a word from any particular spoken language - it's the name of a programming language and so has its own separate pronunciation.

[Mats]

Like this:

"gull" "ah" "bull"

[TarikNeaj]

Actually. On the Lua Programming Language wikipedia. It states that Lua is infact a word from a spoken language, in this case Portuguese. Lua means moon. Lua was designed by Roberto Ierusalimschy.

"He is the leading architect of the Lua programming language"

He's from Brazil. And they more or less speak Portuguese, which is why it was named Lua I assume.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Ierusalimschy

And apparently. It is pronnounced like this -

https://translate.google.se/?hl=sv&tab=wT#en/pt/moon

[LB]

Interesting, I didn't know that.

[ne555]

> Is it LOO-ah?
double O, just like in blood, flood, food, hood, rook, wool


> Just like SQL is sequel.
¿SIkuol? ¿no eskiuel?


> Loo-uh sounds nasty and stale compared to loo-ah
>> In my region there is no audible difference between Loo-uh and loo-ah.
cada loco con su tema


LUa

[LB]

ne555 wrote:

double O, just like in blood, flood, food, hood, rook, wool

Which of those do you pronounce the same? For me, food and wool are the same oo sound, and the rest are irregular (but the same as each other). E.g. blood is bluh'd

[ne555]

using http://www.merriam-webster.com/
by hearing:
blod, flod, rok
fud, xud
uool

by the written phoneme:
blood, flood
hood, rook, wool
food


It was a joke/rant

> E.g. blood is bluh'd
that tells me nothing, I have no idea how do you pronounce bluh'd (and it is harder to search)

(my pronunciation is written using lojban)

[2LzbRXSz]

For the past minute and a half I've been trying to figure out how food and wool could have the same oo sound...

[LB]

I suppose wool can also be pronounced wuul, but personally don't.

[2LzbRXSz]

Not to bug you about pronunciation, or to hijack this thread, but how do you pronounce food if it sounds similar to wool? Wuul/Wuhl doesn't sound very different from what I guess would be wOOl in my accent? I pronounce food like foo-d by the way.

As for Lua, I pronounce it like "loo-uh" which sounds pretty dull in comparison to "loo-ah"

"loo-ah!" seems like a breath of fresh air. I love it.

[LB]

Food is closer to fewd, I think.

[ne555]

¿what is a fewd?