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The '''ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ vowel phoneme /uː/''' is an [[English]] [[vowel phoneme]].
The '''ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ vowel phoneme /uː/''' is an [[English]] [[vowel phoneme]] consisting of the vowel sound [[English speaker]]s use in its keyword ''goose''.


Words in the [[{{goose}} lexical set]] are pronounced with this phoneme.
Words in the [[{{goose}} lexical set]] are pronounced with this phoneme.

Revision as of 09:53, 21 November 2023

The ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ vowel phoneme /uː/ is an English vowel phoneme consisting of the vowel sound English speakers use in its keyword goose.

Words in the ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ lexical set are pronounced with this phoneme.

The standard pronunciation in both RP and General American is as a close back rounded vowel [u]. Geoff Lindsey points out the sound is a slight diphthong and uses the symbol instead and should be /ʉw/ [1]

It becomes merged with the ꜰᴏᴏᴛ vowel phoneme in the ꜰᴏᴏᴛ–ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ merger.

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