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Pronunciation - UCAS

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UH-CAS or YOU-CAS?

YOU-CAS99%

UH-CAS1%

Total votes: 306

The teachers at my college say UH-CAS and it drives me mad!
At school it was pronounced YOU-CAS, which sounds normal.

Personally I think its YOU-CAS.

How do you pronounce it?

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Reply 1

BJack

UCAS used to be called UCCA, which is probably why your teachers pronounce it UH-cas. I'd definitely pronounce it YOU-cas.

Reply 2

Howells

I meant to ask this the other day, after inspectors came to our school and asked me about my Uh-Cas application, to which I just looked confused.
I was pretty sure it's You-Cas, but now I'm wondering if I'm wrong :s-smilie:

Hopefully there's a poll to come.

Reply 3

Oldspeak

It used to be pronounced UH-CAS (my teachers pronounce it like that too!), around the time your teachers were at school, but now it's YOU-CAS.

Reply 4

SuperStaah

'Uh-cas' just sounds very dodgy!

I say 'you-cas'. :yep:

You-Cas.

Everyone at college just accepts that its UH-CAS

It's been annoying me for months!

I'm glad to see everyone agrees, and its not just me being weird!

Reply 7

Redpanda91

Haha there was a teacher at my school called Mr. Cass, so "Ooh Cass" sounds very dodgy :p:

Reply 8

RosiePosiePuddingAndPie

Yeah, my teacher used to say uh-cass too, but I think you-cass sounds much nicer :yep:

You-Cas

You-cass

49 to 1,

bless the lone voter

Reply 12

J9127

Redpanda91

Haha there was a teacher at my school called Mr. Cass, so "Ooh Cass" sounds very dodgy :p:

:laughing:

Reply 13

purple-girl

I and, as far as I know, everyone at school pronounces it you-cass, but my dad always says uh-cass as when he applied to uni the system was UCCA (as BJack said)...I always tell him that it's you-cass, but he's not learning =).