There are words with the UI vowel pair that sound like a short I,
such as build, guilt, and quiz, and the word minute has the I sound from U.
Conversely, there is an "ur" sound to I words such as first, girth, and hirsute.
There are many other words that have both a U and a short I, such as
discuss, unit, and humidity.
The word umbrella has the UH sound of a short U, while the other words have the OO sound, one of the versions of the long U.
Words that start with short U (uh sound) include "upper", "until" and "us."
Yes. Both words have a short U (uh) sound. Rhyming words include but, cut, and shut.
It has the short U (uh) sound as in the words hug and stunt.
They are the W words "was" (wuz) and "what" (wut).
The word umbrella has the UH sound of a short U, while the other words have the OO sound, one of the versions of the long U.
Words that start with short U (uh sound) include "upper", "until" and "us."
Yes. Both words have a short U (uh) sound. Rhyming words include but, cut, and shut.
It has the short U (uh) sound as in the words hug and stunt.
They are the W words "was" (wuz) and "what" (wut).
The U in lumber has a short U vowel sound, as in the rhyming words number and encumber. Other short U words include duck, tub, mud, stuff, hum, nut, fuzz, and ugly. The sound is also seen in the OU words rough, tough, and enough. The A words "what" and "was" have a short U sound, as also in the words "does" and because.
These are some words with a short "u" sound: bud, cuff, dub, fun, gum, hub, just, love, must, nun, pub, rum, some, and ton. Note that some of them do not contain the letter "u" but still have a short "u" sound.
Some basic words with a short "u" sound are: cup, luck, fun, run.
Jump has the short U sound (uh) as in jumble and pump. The long U sound is an OO or YOO sound as heard in the words juniorand jute.
The words lunch and sub have a short U sound (uh). The words Huey and huge have a long U (long OO) sound.
No, the word 'what' is pronounced with a short 'u' sound, as in the words 'but' or 'nut'.
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