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<li>s<u>o</u>n, w<u>o</u>n = 1, br<u>o</u>ther, <u>o</u>ther, an<u>o</u>ther</li> | <li>s<u>o</u>n, w<u>o</u>n = 1, br<u>o</u>ther, <u>o</u>ther, an<u>o</u>ther</li> | ||
<li>fl<u>oo</u>d, bl<u>oo</u>d</li> | <li>fl<u>oo</u>d, bl<u>oo</u>d</li> | ||
+ | <li>-<u>ou</u>s (fam<u>ou<u>s, gelatin<u>ou</u>s, disastr<u>ou</u>s) | ||
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<span style="font-size:14px;">/<b style="color:darkgreen;">ʊ</b>/</span> | <span style="font-size:14px;">/<b style="color:darkgreen;">ʊ</b>/</span> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
− | <li> | + | <li>L<u>oo</u>k!, a g<u>oo</u>d c<u>oo</u>kb<u>oo</u>k</li> |
− | <li> | + | <li>p<u>u</u>t, p<u>u</u>sh, p<u>u</u>ll</li> |
</ul> | </ul> |
Revision as of 21:21, 18 September 2017
Vowels
Vowels are always voiced (which means the vocal cords vibrate when the sound is made).
ˈvaʊəlz ər 'ɔːlwəz 'vɔɪst
Long "pure" vowels
/ɑ:/
- R, star, car, far
- father, bother, bottle
- clerk UK
/i:/
- B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, ZUS
- sea, tea, seem, feet, key
/u:/
- Q, U, W
- choose, use,
/ɜː(r)/
- first, third, 30, 30th
- shirt, clerk, certification, learn</li
- Some people sometimes pronounce words like sure & pure with this sound rather than /ʃʊr/, /pjʊr/, (myself included).
Short vowels
/ʌ/
- sun, but, mud
- son, won = 1, brother, other, another
- flood, blood
- -ous (famou<u>s, gelatin<u>ous, disastrous)
/ʊ/
- Look!, a good cookbook
- put, push, pull