U versus OO

Pronunciation: "u" versus "oo"

Producing the Sound

juice		do		shoe		through		fool		pollution
grew		use		true		whose		duty

put		would		wood		boulevard		took
full		push		sugar		woman		bully

fool	full	Julie Cahoon lives on Foothill Boulevard.
nuke	nook	The fool was pushed into the pool.
wooed	wood/would	That soup is full of sugar.
stewed	stood	How could you choose the blue book?
who'd	hood	He stood and looked at the full moon.
suit	soot	The dentist pulled my loose tooth.
Kooky	cookie	Whose goose is loose in the neighborhood?

Mr. Woodruff was driving around with a group of baboons in the back of his pickup truck.

He was stopped on Foothill Boulevard by a police officer.

PO: Why don't you take those baboons to the zoo?

MW: Good idea. I'll get right to it.

PO: You'd better do it soon or I'll have you arrested for animal cruelty.

MW: All right. I'll put my foot on the pedal and cruise on over there.

The next day, the police officer met Mr. Woodruff again with the same truckload of baboons.

PO: You fool! I thought I told you to take those baboons to the zoo!

MW: I did, officer, and they enjoyed it so much that today I'm taking them to the movies!

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Last updated: 15 February, 2010 02:43:16