No, but some people pronounce it with a short "U" sound (dunk-ee).
The other pronunciation has an AW sound. It sounds like "dawnkey".
No. This is the long O sound called the "circumflex" (ô).It appears in the words OR, or MORE, or FORWARD.(Some English users pronounce orangutan with a regular long OH sound.)
Yes. It has the long OO (long U) sound, as in most -ew words.The same sound is seen in the word noon.
Yes. The word "tuna" has a long OO sound.
The word "suit" has a long OO sound, to rhyme with boot and shoot.
The U has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound. The E is silent.
No. They share none of the same vowel sounds. The word afternoon has a short A, a schwa E (unstressed), and a long OO sound. The word donkey has either a short O or short U, and a long E sound.
Yes, the word "spoon" has a short U sound, not a long U sound.
No, the word "glue" has a long U sound, like "gloo." It is pronounced as "gloo," with the "oo" making the long U sound.
No, the word "flute" does not have a long u sound. It is pronounced with a long "u" sound followed by a "t" sound.
The word mute has a long U (long OO) sound, more specifically the YOO sound (myoot).
Yes, the word "bug" has a short U sound, not a long U sound.
Yes, it does. The U has the long U (yoo) sound. This is the sound heard in huge, human, and humor.
Yes, the word "mule" has a long U sound.
Yes, "shoe" has a long OO sound, the same as the word shoo.
Yes, it is. It has the long YOO vowel sound (U). This sound is heard in the word "fuel" as opposed to the long OO vowel sound in "fool."
Yes, the word "universe" starts with a long U sound.
the word youth has a long "u" sound.