saying "umlaut"

[Tom Zurinskas]

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Let's see if this works.  It should talk about ~oo

http://www.audiopal.com/grab_your_widget.html?mId=3D31710160.2

Tom Zurinskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL7+
see truespel.com phonetic spelling

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> Below is a sound file of mine from audiopal about the ~oo sound (as in "g=
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> Note that when word frequency is considered=3D2C the letter string "oo" i=
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> nning text stands for short oo (~oo as in good) slightly more often than =
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> ng oo (~ue as in true) - ref truespel book 4.
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> Tom Zurinskas=3D2C USA - CT20=3D2C TN3=3D2C NJ33=3D2C FL7+
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>> Date: Fri=3D2C 9 Oct 2009 16:48:36 -0700
>> From: julia.achenbach at UNI-OLDENBURG.DE
>> Subject: Re: saying "umlaut"
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>> Shouldn't it be something like this:
>> '?mla?t ???
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>> The letter "u" is short=3D2C similar to the way "u" is pronounced in "gu=
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>> the so ~oom seems just a little bit weird to me.
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>>>> Interestly "umlaut" has multiple pronunciations.
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>>>> At forvo.com=3D2C enter "umlaut"=3D2C click on the resulting first wor=
d (no=3D
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>>>> arrow)=3D2C see three pronunciations:
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>>>> 1 ~oomlout (where ~oo is as in "good" ~ou as in "out"=3D2C spoken by t=
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> uark
>>>> 2. ~oomlou' (where "t" is dropped or glottalized) spoken by threb
>>>> 3. ~oomllaat (stress second syl=3D2C with ~aa as in "Saab"=3D2C spoken=
 by O=3D
> lbill.
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>>>> thefreedictionary.com has
>>>> 1. USA =3D3D ~uemlout (where ~ue is as in "true")
>>>> 2. UK =3D3D ~uemllout (stress second syllable)
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>>>> m-w.com has two pronunciations
>>>> 1. firstly ~oomlout
>>>> 2. secondly ~uemlout
>>>> (but the phonetic notation is in reverse order. So which is really fir=
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>>>> or second?)
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>>>> It's pretty rare in English to have a word start with ~oo. Of the top =
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>>>> most popular words=3D2C none do.
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>>>> Tom Zurinskas=3D2C USA - CT20=3D2C TN3=3D2C NJ33=3D2C FL7+
>>>> see truespel.com phonetic spelling
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