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The sound [u:]
American English Pronunciation Howie is from San Diego (California) |
Alix has a standard Southern British English accent |
One sound, many spellings: |
ew | yew /ju:/ | to chew /tʃu:/ | flew /flu:/ | blew /blu:/ |
to screw /skru:/ | crew /kru:/ | brewery /'bru:ərɪ/ : | shrew /ʃru:/ |
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oo | spoon /spu:n/ | fool (n.) /fu:l/ | broom /bruːm/ | cool /ku:l/ |
baboon /bə'bu:n/ : | stool /stu:l/ | zoo /zu:/ | booth /buːð/ |
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ue | blue /blu:/ | true /tru:/ | to rue /ru:/ | flue /flu:/ |
bluebell /ˈbluːbel/ | clue /klu:/ | to sue /suː/ | glue /glu:/ |
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ui | cruise /kru:z/ | bruise /bru:z/ | fruit /fru:t/ | recruit rɪˈkruːt |
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ou | group /gru:p/ | soup /su:p/ | through /θru:/ | bayou /ˈbaɪuː/ |
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u | rude /ru:d/ | flu /flu:/ | spruce /spru:s/ | Zulu /ˈzuːluː/ |
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canoe /kəˈnuː/ | shoe /ʃuː/ | two /tuː/ | who /huː/ | too /tuː/ |
Caution: |
shoe => /ʃuː/ toe (orteil) => /təʊ/ / fruit => / fru:t/ druid => /ˈdruːɪd/ |
clue => /klu:/ barbecue => 'bɑ:bɪ kju:/ cruel => ˈkruːəl ... |
[ u: ] | [ ʊ ] | [ ɔː ] | [ ʌ ] | [ ʊə ] |
school | wood | door | blood | poor |
moon | book | floor | flood | moor |
food | good | | | |
tool | foot | | | |
cartoon | cook | | | |
Please use a dictionary in case of doubt.
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