Short vowels
How to pronounce /ʊ/ U as in book
bookcouldput
How to make it
Tongue back and loose, lips lightly rounded. Short, never OO.
- Tongue
- Back, but loose
- Lips
- Lightly rounded
- Voice
- Short and quick
Watch the mouth
Short, lips slightly rounded. Do not turn it into OO.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /ʊ/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.