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  1. Why are there 3 different ways to pronounce "oo"?

    The words loose, poodle, food, and most other words with oo have the vowel [u], which is usually spelled u or uh in German. Historically this is a long /o/ sound that was written with "oo", the …

  2. 如何掌握「oo」的发音规则? - 知乎

    oo 在大多数词里的发音是 /u:/ 或 /ʊ/。 这两种发音的区分,有一些口诀,比如我初中时背过的是「脚站木头好看书」,意思是 foot、stood、wood、good、look、book 这些词里的 oo 读 /ʊ/。 …

  3. 如何看待北京航空航天大学的OO(面向对象)课程? - 知乎

    OO这门课程最大的问题就是 下限太高。 这个问题常见于许多6系课程,然而,在OO这门课尤甚。 “下限太高是问题吗? 能锻炼学生、使他们达到更高标准难道不是好事吗? ”我想,课程组的 …

  4. 英美人分得清 book、food、look、good 中间的「oo」的读音哪个 …

    英美人分得清 book、food、look、good 中间的「oo」的读音哪个长哪个短么? 是不是全世界只有我们这一代中国人分得清? 显示全部 关注者 11

  5. pronunciation - When to pronounce long u as "yoo" or "ooo"

    Sep 5, 2015 · Whether u says /oo/ or /yoo/ is determined by whether or not the preceeding consonant is voiced (vibrates the voice box) or unvoiced. Some guidelines for when ‘u’ says …

  6. oo-ee change for plurals - English Language & Usage Stack …

    I have ascertained from my research that whenever an oo word changes its plural form to ee, that word traces to West Germanic. The counterexamples come from different languages. …

  7. orthography - The spelling "ui" and the pronunciation /uː/ in juice ...

    Jul 8, 2019 · The words juice, fruit, bruise, cruise, sluice, suit, pursuit, suitcase, lawsuit, nuisance, recruit, bruit are spelled with ui and pronounced with the IPA phoneme ...

  8. Why does the pronunciation of "U" vary in English?

    U is "oo" for nearly all American, and a substantial number of British English speakers in most words when it falls in a stressed syllable after one of the following consonants: /l/ /s/ /z/ U is …

  9. american english - Why the "oo" in "noon" is pronounced …

    Apr 14, 2021 · I was taught to pronounce the oo in either afternoon or noon as /u:/ ~~the oo in nook~~ until I found some native speakers pronounce the noon sounding like new-n (videos).

  10. meaning - XOXO means "hugs and kisses" but why? - English …

    Apr 11, 2011 · What's the reasoning behind abbreviating hugs and kisses as X's and O's? Some say X is for hugs and O is for kisses, and some say the other way around; but why X and O, …