bonviveur  +  939724 Mon, 12 Oct 09 09:33 PM Hi   Can anyone explain to me the derivation of the difference in pronunciation between the oo in door being pronounced as in or but the oo in doom is pronounced as ooh   My apologies for my examples of pronunciation but I hope you undertand what I mean bonviveur Joined on Mon, Oct 12 2009 New Member 01 Difference Between, Pronunciation, Speaking, Apologies

	raindoctor  +  940881 Tue, 13 Oct 09 07:00 PM r after any vowel has a special place in english. oor usually end up as  ʊɚ, ɔɚ, oʊɚ poor: pʊɚ moore: mʊɚ, mɔɚ, moʊɚ floor: flɔɚ, floʊɚ door: dɔɚ doʊɚ oo before any but r: boom: bum doom: dum hood: hʊd good: gʊd wood: wʊd hook: hʊk food: fud proof: pruf school: skuo (the last o shud be transcribed as a satellite, since vocalized l shud be there). Now, you can notice the pattern. raindoctor Joined on Sun, Apr 26 2009 Junior Member 67 Vowels, Pronunciation, Universities, Speaking, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Students, Schools