Cook, book or look

[Dressinggown]

My dad insists that the pronunciation is an 'ooo' sound if you are from East Lancashire.

I reckon he is completely wrong. I state that the double OO is pronounced as a 'U' in these parts.

Opinions?

[ClaretTony]

I pronounce it as a U but my dad used OO

[BFCmaj]

I pronounce it book but my wife says book.

[mdd2]

Lancastrian dialect will be oook
Stone in mouth BBC English is buk

[LeadBelly]

I'm just luuking at mi cuke buke.

Although the corvine feathered thing is ruck rather than ruke.

[ChrisG]

My dad used to say book and cook with a double O sound, but look was more like luck.

[DingleDangle]

I'm Burnley born n bred and I say buk, cuk and luk.

[bfcjg]

Agree with op,it's buk ,luk,cuk,. I think it makes being a Burnley fan so much easier when describing the referee's performances ....ing useless again.

[BigAlClaret]

It varies all over the county and in fact around East Lancs itself.Over the years as families mix and move so does this pronunciation and both are equally used and correct. However for me it's always Turf Moor (more) as opposed to say Preston's Moor (moo-er) Park.
Slightly off topic how do the locals of Bury pronounce their town name?

[roperclaret]

Definitely Cuk buk luk. The further west you go it turns into cuke buke luke until you end up scouse

[Aclaret]

Definitely Cuk buk luk. The further west you go it turns into cuke buke luke until you end up scouse

.....and then it's, Luke, Everton have cuked the bukes !......allegedly.

[quoonbeatz]

It varies all over the county and in fact around East Lancs itself.Over the years as families mix and move so does this pronunciation and both are equally used and correct. However for me it's always Turf Moor (more) as opposed to say Preston's Moor (moo-er) Park.
Slightly off topic how do the locals of Bury pronounce their town name?

Depends which part of Bury you’re from.

[ElectroClaret]

Berry.....or Burry

[bobinho]

Burnley born and bred, it’s buk, cuk and luk.

My old man was a Darrener, and he said boook, coook and loook. Weirdo…

[Bosscat]

https://youtu.be/31TjSzc-7rA

[bodge]

It's Berry and I'm from the posh part of Bury.

[Pearcey]

Not like ‘snoop’, like ‘good’ but I’m from Kent.

[groove]

It varies all over the county and in fact around East Lancs itself.Over the years as families mix and move so does this pronunciation and both are equally used and correct. However for me it's always Turf Moor (more) as opposed to say Preston's Moor (moo-er) Park.
Slightly off topic how do the locals of Bury pronounce their town name?

I also pronounce moor as more, but plural I'd say moo-ers. As in the moo-ers murderers.

[groove]

Cuk buk and luk raised in Accy.

[GordonvaleClaret]

My dad used to say book and cook with a double O sound, but look was more like luck.

Am wi yer dad.

[addisclaret]

I pronounce it as a U but my dad used OO

Exactly the same, when I moved back up here with the kids, one of the first questions was why does Grandad say book like that?

[Lip]

Bus or Buz is another one to ponder on. My friends from the Dark side(blackburn) say Buz .

[ClaretTony]

Bus or Buz is another one to ponder on. My friends from the Dark side(blackburn) say Buz .

Buz is very much used in large parts of Lancashire but we escaped that just as we have (h)air on our heads (well some of us do) and not (h)err.

[Wile E Coyote]

pronouncing it with the "oo" is Blackburn area, Burnley use the "U" sound .

[FCBurnley]

Only in Burnley would you say Cuk us tea

[quoonbeatz]

It's Berry and I'm from the posh part of Bury.

More beret round your end innit?

[NottsClaret]

Childhood memory of going to Farnworth to see family and they all say ‘boook’ and ‘loook’. Definitely a Bolton thing. ‘Buz’ is common in Rossendale too, must have only just dodged that nonsense.

[ArmchairDetective]

Agree with those above. To me Burnley has always said book and cook as buck and cuck. It changes to ook as you head a little west towards the botherers.

[dougcollins]

Buck and cuck over the border in Yorks too. It's definitely a more western thing.