They are the W words "was" (wuz) and "what" (wut).
The word "bury" and its other forms (buried) are probably unique in this regard, although the UE pair in the words guess and guest also have a short E sound.
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 asdiscuss, unit, and humidity.
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.
The word blood is pronounced (bluhd).The word flood rhymes with blood.
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.
The word "bury" and its other forms (buried) are probably unique in this regard, although the UE pair in the words guess and guest also have a short E sound.
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 asdiscuss, unit, and humidity.
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.
The word blood is pronounced (bluhd).The word flood rhymes with blood.
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.
Yes, it is a short U sound.Words spelled with -urn or -ern have the uhr sound of a short U, to rhyme with burn, churn, and fern.
The word "numbers" has a short U. The -er has a schwa or unstressed uh sound.
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.