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by FadingxSmiles on March 1st, 2007
Emu.
You.
Flu (though, that's not the whole word, so I don't know if it counts).
EDIT:
There are very few common English words ending in -u, and many are assimilated from other languages. Examples include, but are not limited to: adieu, beau, bureau, caribou, emu, flu, gnu, guru, impromptu, menu, milieu, ormolu, plateau, portmanteau, thou, tofu, tutu, and, of course, you. All of these words, excepting emu, flu, gnu, guru, thou, tofu, and you, are derived from French. In addition, there are the Greek letters mu, nu, and tau, and the proper nouns Urdu, Hindu and Katmandu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_English_words#Unusual_word_endings
by eddie1 on March 1st, 2007
You.
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on March 21st, 2005
Plenty. For example, guru, you, flu, et cetera.
by Sketchy Mess Jeoffory on March 1st, 2007
impromptu
tutu
gnu
by Anonymous on December 18th, 2008
yes there are - GNU, EMU, LIEU, "YOU", BAYOU,TOFU, TUTU, MENU, FLU, CARIBOU, THOU -
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on January 30th, 2008
Gnu..flu...guru
by Big Purple Blob in a rainCOAT on October 20th, 2007
Sudoku has been assimilated....
by tammeran5656 on March 1st, 2007
Peru
by punished? on March 1st, 2007
in situ
by singwell-is off researching a lot on June 21st, 2008
almost all borrowed from other languages, but officially part of English now
eg
gnu ("Gnu" is from a Khoikhoi language (which pronounced the [g]), likely an imitation of the grunting noise that a wildebeest makes.)
or abbreviations
eg flu (short for influenza)
by Sin Binned on January 30th, 2008
yes, me end in yoy, LOL, thats a joke ok.
by Firebrand on October 20th, 2007
Bandeau
Trousseau
Guru
Emu
Lots more
by espinoza on June 21st, 2008
word that end with c
by LuckyLefty on June 21st, 2008
"you"
and
"tic"
by espinoza on June 21st, 2008
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Comments
flu is a word by itself.
by Stronghart on March 1st, 2007
flu is short for influenza
by KevinW42 on March 1st, 2007
As an English enthusiast, I love this!
by Mikeisha on January 8th, 2009