How to pronunce Uber?

Uber
@youless (112113)
Guangzhou, China
June 1, 2016 9:57pm CST
Here we will pronunce it "you"ber here. But when I watched Big Bang Theory, it is pronunced as "woo"ber. Which is correct?
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
2 Jun 16
I did not know it is pronounced like "woo" ber. I pronounce it like you do, "you"ber.
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
One vote for "you"ber now
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
2 Jun 16
@youless Is there Lyft services where you live also?!
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
@infatuatedbby I haven't heard about Lyft yet.
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Shubhu
@shubhu3 (36464)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jun 16
Here we pronounce it as *Ooober*.
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
You are right.
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Shubhu
@shubhu3 (36464)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jun 16
@youless :) :D
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
It's ooober. Do you have one? I don't think we do here.
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
We have Uber here.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
@youless ...I don't know of one here yet.
sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
2 Jun 16
I've heard it pronounced 'oo' ber - 'oo' like in the word 'loo' without the 'l'...
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
This is what I heard from Big Bang Theory.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
2 Jun 16
@youless So they mentioned both 'oo' and 'woo' like in 'wool'?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
2 Jun 16
JJ is right, Uber must be pronounced "oo-ber", it's not an American word, it comes from the German über, that means over, or above.
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
It is very clear now. I didn't realize that it didn't come from USA but German
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
2 Jun 16
@youless I do not know why they used a German word.
Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
I really don't know how to pronounce it, maybe it depends on the slang he he
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
No Uber in your country?
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85492)
• United States
2 Jun 16
It's ew ber.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (85492)
• United States
2 Jun 16
You know say the word you without the y...and ou sounds like ew. Ew ber.
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
@AmbiePam It seems I found the third pronunciation now
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
2 Jun 16
It's a German word - OOH-BUH
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youless
@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
3 Jun 16
I learned it now