http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAudioSpeechPronunciation/Forum22.htmBritish, American, Scottish accent or using super-fantastic-high-tech software, we'll help you with pronunciation.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#303318Fri, 22 May 2009 12:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:303318CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#303318http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-303318.xmlStressed, it is also called "short u". It = the sound in "ago". Right? Yes! How can I pronounce this sound? (/^/ in "bird", "her", "worm", "learn"...)? How to distinguish this sound with /^/ in "love" ? Only by imitating what you hear. Listen as suggested in previous posts. love and young both have the same sound /^/. (Words where "ou" is /^/: young, touch, country, cousin, double, trouble, couple, southern, southerly, rough, tough, enough Words where "ove" is /^v/: above, dove, glove, love, shove, cover, govern, government, hover, lover, plover, shovel, hovel, oven, coven, sloven(ly), Coventry, covet ) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302524Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302524Marvin A.1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302524http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302524.xmlI also pronounce "young" and "love" with the same vowel. The reason that "love" has an "o" in Modern and Middle English is because: "The pronunciation of written o in son, love, come, etc. is due to Norman spelling conventions prohibiting writing of u before v, m, n due to the graphical confusion that would result. (v, u, n were identically written with two minims in Norman handwriting; w was written as two u letters; m was written with three minims, hence mm looked like vun, nvu, uvu, etc.)" http://www.bibliodata.com/article/orthography.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302482Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302482Kooyeen2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302482http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302482.xmlTung Quoc wrote: How can I pronounce this sound? (/^/ in "bird", "her", "worm", "learn"...)? You need to hear that sound and try to imitate it. Listen to the pronunciation in some dictionaries (Merriam Webster pronunciations are available online at http://www.m-w.com/ ) As for young and love , I pronounce them using the same uh sound ( yuh-ng, luh-v), and my dictionaries don't distinguish those sounds as well. I'm not a native speaker thoughhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302418Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302418Tung Quoc3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302418.xmlHi, 1/ Stressed, it is also called "short u". It = the sound in "ago". Right? 2/ In bird , the ir together gives a new sound unlike the sound in ago or love . So /^/ in /^r/ is entirely different from /^/ in other contexts. Usually "er", "ir", and "ur" all have this same "R-colored schwa" sound ( her, term, shirt, bird, dirt, hurt, fur ), as does "ear" followed by a consonant ( pearl, earth, learn, heard ), and "or" preceded by "w" ( work, worm, worth ). How can I pronounce this sound? (/^/ in "bird", "her", "worm", "learn"...)? How to distinguish this sound with /^/ in "love" ? Quochttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302417Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302417Tung Quoc4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302417http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302417.xmlPlease tell me the difference in pronunciation of /^/ between: l o ve and y ou ng Thanks Quochttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302394Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302394CalifJim5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htm#302394http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302394.xmlIn ago , compared to love , the sound is the same , but unstressed and briefer in ago . This sound, called the schwa sound, is also found in stressed form in words like but and cup , month and son . Stressed, it is also called "short u". In bird , the ir together gives a new sound unlike the sound in ago or love . So /^/ in /^r/ is entirely different from /^/ in other contexts. Usually "er", "ir", and "ur" all have this same "R-colored schwa" sound ( her, term, shirt, bird, dirt, hurt, fur ), as does "ear" followed by a consonant ( pearl, earth, learn, heard ), and "or" preceded by "w" ( work, worm, worth ). These comments apply to American English. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htmSun, 22 Mar 2009 13:31:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:302379Tung Quoc6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/dkjzr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-302379.xmlPlease tell me the difference in pronunciation of /^/ between: A go, b ir d, l o ve Thanks Quoc