That's just eliding the 'f' sound to make it flow better. It's basically "a couple o' weeks ago". /eɪ kʌ.pl̩ ʌ wiks ʌ.go/ And yes, "ou", "o" and "a" all rende

That's just eliding the 'f' sound to make it flow better. It's basically "a couple o' weeks ago". /eɪ kʌ.pl̩ ʌ wiks ʌ.go/ And yes, "ou", "o" and "a" all render to /ʌ/ in my dialect. Yay English!