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ꜰᴏᴏᴛ vowel phoneme /ʊ/
From Teflpedia
The ꜰᴏᴏᴛ vowel phoneme /ʊ/ is an English vowel phoneme consisting of the vowel sound used by English speakers in its keyword foot.[1][2]
Words from the ꜰᴏᴏᴛ lexical set, such as put, wood and could are pronounced with this vowel.
The standard pronunciation, in both RP and General American, for this is a short monophthong near-close near-back rounded vowel.
This is merged with the ꜱᴛʀᴜᴛ phoneme in the ꜰᴏᴏᴛ–ꜱᴛʀᴜᴛ merger. There’s also the ꜰᴏᴏᴛ–ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ merger.
