ae pronunciation: When is 'u' in current as 'u' in 'curly' and when as 'u' in 'cut'?

0Hi Mosca02br
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00I don't understanding what you're asking.0-

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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10I don't 11del12del11u10understand12u10 10what you're asking.12br
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10If you look the word 01i00current02i00 up in a dictionary (this, for example: 05000 01a

0 00Main Entry: 02br
01b00curly00 02b01a02a00 02br
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00\01b00ˈ00kər02b00-lē\00 (Phonetic symbols of 'curly'.01b00 ( 01i00ə -- 02i00 this symbol has the sound of 'a' as in 01i00a02i00 boy.)02b02br

0 I think "current" with the vowel as in "curly" is the most common pronunciation by far in the US. The other is the most common in the UK. 0-

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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10I think "current" with the vowel as in "curly" is the most common pronunciation by far in the US. The other is the most common in the UK.12blockquote

10Hi Kooyeen02br
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00I don't think you're correct. The following is extracted from an AmE dictionary.00 02br
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0 Hi,02br
00well, I think the original poster was contrasting two different pronunciations, one with an r-colored schwa (as in "curly"), and the other with just a simple schwa (as in "cut"). So, without using any phonetic transcriptions (which can be confusing without explaining the conventions... ) I was saying that I think for most Americans "current" starts the same way as "curly"