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What accent is this about? Because if "f uw d" is how you spell the syllable in 'seafood' then "f uw t" is certainly a valid syllable - it's 'foot'.
by nmeofthestate 7y ago
What accent is this about?
Because if "f uw d" is how you spell the syllable in 'seafood' then "f uw t" is certainly a valid syllable - it's 'foot'.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoIn both Standard British and General American 'food' is something like /fuːd/ and 'foot' is something like /fʊt/, with different vowels. Historically, they would have had the same vowel, but for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_close_back_vowels#Shortening_of_/u%CB%90/_to_/%CA%8A/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_Englis...
- TheRealSteel 7y agoI'm a native English speaker and I can't think of any word with the "f uw t" sound. Are you sure you're not thinking of the word foot, which has a different vowel sound to food? "f uw t" would be like saying fruit without the R.
- nmeofthestate 7y agoBelieve it or not, I say foot and food with the same oo sound. Weird huh.
- frobozz 7y agoNorthern Ireland? Or Northeast England?
- umanwizard 7y agoI’m curious where you’re from such that food and foot have the same vowel sound.
- mannykannot 7y agoI have an Irish friend who pronounces 'foot' like 'food' ending with a 't'. Similarrly, 'book' like 'boot' ending with a 'k'.
- nmeofthestate 7y agoScotland.
- umanwizard 7y agoCool, thanks!