Re: Introducing Paul Burgess and his radioactive imagination!

H. S. Teoh scripsit:

> > With "oo" as in "foot" or as in "pool"?
>
> Eeeek! In my idiolect, both are [u].
> P.S. Darnit, I didn't want to start another English pronunciation thread!
Well, you have.  "Foot" is [U] in North America and the U.K., whereas
"pool" is [u].  There are some words whose pronunciation is variable
such as "root" and "roof".

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