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In both Standard British and General American 'food' is something like /fuːd/ and 'foot' is something like /fʊt/, with different vowels. Historically, they wou
by _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
In 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...