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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Woman and wolf pronounciation
Hi, got a little question on 'woman' and 'wolf' pronounciation. The matter is I hear that many people pronounce it not with 'u' but with 'ou' or '^'. Hope you will help me.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Yes it is very close to the 'ou' sound, as in 'would' but a little shorter and more abrupt.
- Yes it is very close to the 'ou' sound, as in 'would' but a little shorter and more abrupt.
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Yes it is very close to the 'ou' sound, as in 'would' but a little shorter and more abrupt.
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It is not the same sound as in either 'love' or 'home'.
As I said before, it is very similar (probably indistinguishable to a non-native ear) to the vowel sound in 'would' or 'wood'.
As I said before, it is very similar (probably indistinguishable to a non-native ear) to the vowel sound in 'would' or 'wood'.
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We misunderstand each other. Course I know that in the standard
transcription it is 'wulf and 'wuman'. I'm talking about the way some
people pronounce it. They pronounce it with 'ou' like in 'home' so that
it sounds like 'wouman'. Can it Be explained.
transcription it is 'wulf and 'wuman'. I'm talking about the way some
people pronounce it. They pronounce it with 'ou' like in 'home' so that
it sounds like 'wouman'. Can it Be explained.
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It may be a characteristic of a particular group of people, or it may be an idiosyncracy of individual speakers. Other than the fact that "w" quite often influences the sounds of vowels (especially "a" and "o") which may follow it, there is no explanation from any phonetic principles I know of why a person or group uses that non-standard pronunciation. More likely the reasons are sociologi
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