# how would you spell the colloquial shortening of "usual" to one syllable?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spell-the-colloquial-shortening-of-usual-to-one-syllable/742198 "2016-01-05T05:13:27Z")\
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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> I’ve only ever heard anyone shorten it to sound like use. And it was weird when they did it.

I was thinking “uge” and pronounce it like huge but without the “h”.

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spell-the-colloquial-shortening-of-usual-to-one-syllable/742198/22 "2016-01-06T23:23:41Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> I was thinking “uge” and pronounce it like huge but without the “h”.

I’ve only heard it as what I would transcribe as “yoozh.” Never heard it with the “dzh” or “j” sound as in “huge.”

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