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Most grammar sources say yes. Although the concept of long vowels are that they "say their name," the long U can be represented by a long OO as in rule, dune, and Flute -- these words follow the pattern of long vowels in words ending in silent E.
The sound "YOO" actually contains a consonant Y (y-glide) and follows several consonants, as in cute, mute, mule, fuel, feud, and view, as well as in words that start with U such as uniform, unicorn, and unique.
The reason that some classify them as different sounds is that using the term "long U" can be confusing where there are both long OO and long YOO variations that are both words, such as mute and moot, cute and coot, feud and food, and fuel and fool.
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Does flute have an oo or a yoo vowel sound?
The vowel sound is a long U (long OO) vowel sound (floot).The YOO sound is another form of the long U, long OO, where a consonant shapes a y-sound. Some YOO words are cute, mute, fuel, feud, and uniform.
What words have the same vowel sound as true?
The word true is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cue, grew, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
What vowel sound is in few?
It is the long U sound, which is either a long OO or more narrowly a YOO sound.(fyoo)
What words have the same vowel sound as Rule?
The word rule is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cool, gruel, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
Do spoon and food have the same vowel sound?
Yes. They both have a long OO (long U) vowel sound, as in moon and mood.
Does flute have an oo or a yoo vowel sound?
The vowel sound is a long U (long OO) vowel sound (floot).The YOO sound is another form of the long U, long OO, where a consonant shapes a y-sound. Some YOO words are cute, mute, fuel, feud, and uniform.
What words have the same vowel sound as true?
The word true is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cue, grew, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
Is 'you' an example of a short vowel sound?
No. The OU in the word "you" has a long U (long OO, long YOO) vowel sound.
What vowel sound is in few?
It is the long U sound, which is either a long OO or more narrowly a YOO sound.(fyoo)
What words have the same vowel sound as Rule?
The word rule is a long U (long OO) vowel sound. It can be a plain OO as in cool, gruel, and ghoul. Or it can be the YOO sound as in humid, mule, cute, feud, and fuel.
Do spoon and food have the same vowel sound?
Yes. They both have a long OO (long U) vowel sound, as in moon and mood.
Does the word true have the vowel sound yoo?
No. It has the long OO variant of the long U sound. The U is a long OO in true, blue, flue, flute, and chute. The U is a long YOO in cue, cute, mule, mute, fuel, and feud, and in unit and uniform.
What is the short vowel sound of humor?
There is no short vowel. The U is a long U (long OO or YOO) and the sound of the O is an unstressed (ur) or schwa sound.
What is the long vowel sound in the word butte?
The word butte rhymes with cute and mute. It has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound.(*some guides consider the long OO and long YOO separate sounds, but only the Y consonant sound is different, as in cute, which has an OO version coot)
What is the difference between an oo and a yoo vowel sound?
The long OO sound is the sound of a long U, as seen in flute and dune (floot, doon). This is an exception to the concept that long vowels "say their name." The YOO form may be considered just a variation of the long OO, or as a separate vowel sound.The long YOO (and a possible short YOO) sounds like the letter U, either because it is beginning a word (unique, uniform) or because certain vowels come before the long U. You can hear the YOO in cute, mute, mule, feud, fuel, pupil, and pure. Most dictionaries will use a consonant Y before the OO or long U to indicate this pronunciation.Some dictionaries avoid the distinction by using an umlaut U instead of a long U to indicate OO.* The reason many vowel lists avoid pairing the OO and YOO sounds is that saying "long U" can be confusing where there are both OO and YOO versions of words: cute/coot, mute/moot, feud/food, fuel/fool.
Does PURE have a long U vowel sound?
Yes, it is a long OO or YOO (U) sound.
Does gloomy and look have the same vowel sound?
No, "gloomy" and "look" do not have the same vowel sound. In "gloomy," the vowel sound is /uː/, as in the word "blue." In "look," the vowel sound is /ʊ/, which is a shorter and more closed sound. The two words have different vowel sounds due to the pronunciation of the letters "oo" in each word.
