Re: The "u" and "v" in older written English is confvsing

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:09:57 +0200: Ruud Harmsen
<realemailonsite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

Daniel Jones, 1956, The pronunciation of English.
Page 42, par. 120:
"In parts of the North short u is replacesby a partially unrounded o
(phonetic symbol [gamma like thingy]. "

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IGrP0jGhkMw&feature=related

John Lennon. At 1:47 he says "I was st st stunned, you know". It
almost sounds (to my ears, anyway) as if he said "stoned", but he
didn't. Goes to show it is similar to [o].

But in this interview too, I don't find a single occurrence of short
/u/! It must be really rare in English.
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Ruud Harmsen

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