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Must be a midwestern accent thing, I don’t pronounce book, “boooook” (as in what a ghost with a cough says)
by vxNsr 3y ago
Must be a midwestern accent thing, I don’t pronounce book, “boooook” (as in what a ghost with a cough says)
- smolder 3y agoBook/nook are not as in boo/goo, but they're also not the same as in buck/Zuck. This is not a Midwestern thing. I can't recall ever meeting a native US english speaker for whom these vowel sounds weren't distinct. Probably in some accents they blur together.
- saltcured 3y agoRather, I think some may be rhyming Zuck with buck which does not rhyme with book. Edit: oops, smolder said the same thing but I was reading a stale page without the reply...
- dmvdoug 3y agoHere are some pairs of words to show they don’t rhyme: Pluck / took Duck / rook Suck / shook