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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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anyway, the short version of my now pointless reply is : i'm not really sure, because i'm not too sure how you pronounce "few", "food", "book" etc.  i recently heard an australian person say "good" and i noticed they pronounced it with a very pure long "o" sound, "goood" rather than the much shorter version closer to "gud" you can sometimes hear. |
Interpreting Australian pronunciation from hearing what an Aussie says might sometimes be...unreliable. Consistency is not always our forte. See, when I say "Good day", it inevitably comes out with the well-known "G'day" and so the "good" is shortened to practical vowellessness. "Gud" is how I'd say we'd normally pronounce it, but "goood" is not without its desirably emphatic qualities. And, for instance, I pronounce the word "good" as "Paris-Brest". It's all a rich, creamy tapestry.
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i would say it's closer to "few" than anything with "oo" (particularly in light of the "oooooo" pronunciation), but "few" is a diphthong like "fee-oo" and french "u" is not. it's similar to a german ü i believe, if that helps you at all. i once heard someone explain how to pronounce german vowels by saying "form your mouth as if you were going to say "ooo" and then say "e" (the name of the letter) through that shape" and i think that's a pretty good explanation.
as for "mum-oo", it could be maman maybe, is the end more like "oh" : "ah" than "anne" ?
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It's definitely close to "oh", but I'd actually take it closer to sitting between the "oo"s of "book" and "moon". I shall have to ask my brother-out-law how it's spelled.
Cheers, and thanks,
Marc