Some words that have O followed by N, V, TH, and more rarely M, R, or Z will have the "uh" sound.
N : honey, money, monk, sponge, son, ton, won
V : above, coven, covet, governor, love, oven, shove
TH : brother, mother, nothing, onion, other
M : stomach
R : worry
Z : dozen
(Words like domestic have an unstressed uh sound called a schwa.)
One example is "love."
The word "book" has a short U sound spelled with a double O.
Yes, the word "turn" has the vowel sound of "er" as in "her" and not the vowel sound of "U" as in "mud."
One option for counting that is spelled with a short "U" is the word "numerate." Numerate means to count or enumerate in a mathematical context.
Some words spelled with A that have a short U sound are "guano," "quack," and "quantum."
The word "bury" gets its short E sound from the U, and a long E sound from the Y. This E from U sound is practically unique, although it is shared by other forms of the word, such as buried, unburied, burying, and so forth. Although most UR words have a caret U or schwa sound (as in injury), the UE pair does have a short E sound in guess and guest.
Yes, the word "turn" has the vowel sound of "er" as in "her" and not the vowel sound of "U" as in "mud."
One option for counting that is spelled with a short "U" is the word "numerate." Numerate means to count or enumerate in a mathematical context.
The word was does not have an A sound at all. The A is pronounced as a short O or short U (woz, wuz). The word "what" has many pronunciations, including the short O or U (wot, wut). For the pronunciation that rhymes with "fuzz", the word "does" is another rhyming word that is not pronounced as it is spelled.
Some words spelled with A that have a short U sound are "guano," "quack," and "quantum."
The word "book" has a short U sound spelled with a double O.
The word "bury" gets its short E sound from the U, and a long E sound from the Y. This E from U sound is practically unique, although it is shared by other forms of the word, such as buried, unburied, burying, and so forth. Although most UR words have a caret U or schwa sound (as in injury), the UE pair does have a short E sound in guess and guest.
Yes, the word "jumped" has a short u sound as in "uh."
Yes, the word "dude" generally has a short "u" sound like in "mud."
No, the word "sun" does not have the short sound of U. It has the short sound of the vowel U as in "fun" or "cut."
The short U sound in the word "bucket" is made up of the letter combination "u" and "c."
The word "was" has a short U vowel sound (wuz).
Yes, the word "what" has a short "a" sound, pronounced as /wĘt/.