# How Do You Pronounce "Muslim"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331 "2010-11-03T14:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/21 "2010-11-04T13:28:08Z")
Whoops, I voted “muzz-lim” but yeah, it’s actually U as in “book”, as others have said. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/22 "2010-11-04T13:33:25Z")
Shar-Day ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/23 "2010-11-04T17:56:32Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > [Like this](http://soundkey.com/rt8hi6) Yes ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/24 "2010-11-04T18:05:31Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > [mʊslɪm] > > [ʊ] as in “book” [bʊk] > > The second part is exactly like the word “slim.” This. Which has the advantage of being correct. Using a “z” sound is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/25 "2010-11-05T00:47:59Z")
I answered that the first syllable rhymes with fuzz. However, the “Moslem rhymes with “schnozz-lim.”” might make sense…25 years ago, before the word “Muslim” was in most Americans’ vocabulary, that’s how I always heard it pronounced (although it was rare to hear it at all). I had a Muslim classmate in the 4th grade and that was probably the only time I’d ever heard it mentioned until the Gulf War. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/26 "2010-11-05T05:03:19Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Rhymes with? Heck I just _call 'em_ “fuzz-lims”. 😃 Ooh, I think I just got an idea for a buddy cop show set in Saudi Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/27 "2010-11-05T05:05:07Z")
I voted Other, as I pronounce the S as an S: Moose-lim. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/28 "2010-11-05T06:19:41Z")
muzz-limb ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/29 "2010-11-05T13:26:17Z")
Mooz-lim. Is it a regional thing? I’m in Australia, and the only people I’ve heard say “Muzz-lim” are people on TV from Britain or America. A Scottish-Australian friend also says “Mooz-lim” but she’s been here long enough that her pronounciation may have changed over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/30 "2010-11-05T13:34:52Z")
22 1/2 hours and no one has said “Throatwobbler Mangrove” yet? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331/31 "2010-11-05T14:29:22Z")
_A la_ **jjimm** and **Ludovic** , which is to say, your poll options suck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-muslim/559331.md?page=1)