Eric Christopherson wrote:
> You can do it however you want to do it.
Indeed, I didn't want to sounds critical. I wondered for explanations from
the conhistory viewpoint.
> One thing to remember is
> that since English dialects differ so much, it can be kind of
> ambiguous or confusing to give pronunciations based on English words.
> E.g. you say <ui> is like in <suit>, which for me is /u/, an 'oo'
> without a 'y' in front -- whereas for some people (apparently
> including Isaac), it is /ju/, or a 'yoo' sound.
You gonna laugh, but I pronounce _suit_ as [sY:t] :))
-- Yitz