How is pho really pronounced?

[Benjamin Barrett]

Sorry. What I meant is how do Americans really pronounce it?

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Oct 18, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Michael Newman <michael.newman at QC.CUNY.EDU> wrote:

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> The closest approximation in English to the Vietnamese I think is [=C9=9C]=
> . Think of the bird vowel without the rhoticity, but not the classic =
> though sadly moribund NYCE pronunciation usually phonetically respelled =
> as oi as in boid.=20
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> Michael Newman
> Associate Professor of Linguistics
> Queens College/CUNY
> michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu
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> On Oct 18, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> =
> wrote:
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>> Both Wiktionary and the OED give f + schwa for the pronunciation of =
> "pho" (Wiktionary actually gives a turned "v"). That matches what I have =
> learned from a Vietnamese acquaintance and from a Vietnamese restaurant =
> menu in Reno.
>> =20
>> Because of what I've been taught, that's how I pronounce it, but =
> that's not what I hear from Americans, which is "foh."
>> =20
>> Which pronunciation is actually used?

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