[poopchute]

I always think of Jim Carry in Bruce Almighty spelling out

B-E-A-Utiful

Surprisingly it helps with words that have that 'eau' mash of vowels.

[gbaygon]

It's Jim Carrey, you just added one data point to the experiment ;)

[kakarot]

Doesn't apply to bureau, but I'm 100% there with you for the word beautiful. I simply can't hear the word in my heard without hearing Jim Carrey spell it out.

Same thing with P-A-R-T-Y? 'Cause we gotta!

[monktastic1]

But that's not how you spell bureau.