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THE SOUNDS OF OO

The OH diphthong /əʊ/

■ brooch
The OH diphthong + the AH
vowel /əʊˌɑː/; /uˈɑː/ & /əʊˌɔːr/
■ cooperation /əʊˌɑː/
■ *zoology /uˈɑː/
■ coordination /əʊˌɔːr/
The UH as in BUTTER /ʌ/

■ flood
■ blood
■ bloody
The AW as in LAW plus R /ɔːr/

■ floor
■ oh-oh
■ door
■ doorway
■ doormat
■ indoor
■ outdoor
■ poor
The UH as in PUSH vowel /ʊ/

■ book ■ football ■ woodpecker


■ cook ■ barefoot ■ plywood
■ hook ■ good ■ brook
■ look ■ hood ■ booger
■ took ■ wood ■ cookie
■ mistook ■ neighborhood
■ undertook ■ childhood
■ foot  ■ adulthood 
The OO vowel /uː/

■ too ■ loop ■ broom


■ boot ■ noon ■ hoop
■ cool ■ oops ■ moose
■ moon ■ ooze ■ proof
■ mood ■ roof ■ scoop
■ boom ■ soon ■ shoot
■ doom ■ cartoon ■ stoop
■ food ■ bloom ■ bamboo
■ goofy ■ aloof ■ Google
■ fool ■ boost ■ goose
■ hoop ■ booze

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