Long U Vowel Sound

[SquirrellyMama]

I'm curious how people pronounce the word "tube". I was reading in OPG today and it said that although some people use the oo (as in food) sound we should pronounce it with a long u sound. I cannot make my mouth make the long u sound with the word tube. It sounds really weird when I do it. Very forced. Where do people use the long u for the words tube, June, and Duke? Is there a regional accent that makes it easier or that makes it sound less forced?

 

I had this problem last week with another word. It was the word "want". I say it as if it were spelled "wunt". I don't use the "aw" sound as the book said. I called my parents, who grew up in IL, and they both said it like I did. I learned to read in IL. My friends here in IA said it with the "aw" sound as did my dh from MN.

 

I'm wondering if IL phonics are different from everyone else :001_smile:

 

Kelly

[ChristusG]

I guess that tube should rhyme with cube. But I say it as if it has a double "o" in the middle....like toob.

 

As for want, I say it like the word "wand" but with a "t" on the end. Rhymes with haunt.

 

Edited to add....I'm from FL and have been my whole life.

Edited January 27, 2011 by ChristusG
ETA

[fairfarmhand]

I use the long u for tube. And I say want the same way I pronounce "won't"

 

I'm from the south. Phonics instruction is interesting here too.

 

(my kids pronounce cat as if it has 2 syllables..."cay-at")

[Laura Corin]

I say 'tube' with a long 'u'. It's almost t-yoob. I say 'want' as 'wont' (short 'o'). Try a standard English accent.

 

Laura

[navneet_20us]

Is this all not confusing.. I mean depending how an individual pronounces..will elect if its long or short vowel..

Is there no standard norm??

[Dawn in OH]

We pronounce tube as toob.

 

We pronounce want like wand but with a t at the end. Unlike ChristusG said, it does NOT rhyme with haunt when we say it. I would say that it has a more of an "ah" sound than a "aw" sound when we say it.

 

I've lived most of my life in Ohio, including the part of my life where I learned to talk and read.

[k2bdeutmeyer]

I say "toob" and "wah-nt" - Iowa, born & raised.

[Mynyel]

Cali girl here and it is toob and wahnt. Of course I have also been told I over enunciate my -ing's and well, I actually say the ing like in ring instead of cutting it off. Gor instance my dh says hanin (shudder) for hanging. I say hanging.

*shrug*

 

He looked it uponce because he was docked in speech class for is pronounciation of words. It just has to do with the dialect of the area you are from.

 

I also say ehgg not aygg for egg :D Been told I over enunciate that too!

[merry gardens]

I'm curious how people pronounce the word "tube". I was reading in OPG today and it said that although some people use the oo (as in food) sound we should pronounce it with a long u sound. I cannot make my mouth make the long u sound with the word tube. It sounds really weird when I do it. Very forced. Where do people use the long u for the words tube, June, and Duke? Is there a regional accent that makes it easier or that makes it sound less forced?

 

I had this problem last week with another word. It was the word "want". I say it as if it were spelled "wunt". I don't use the "aw" sound as the book said. I called my parents, who grew up in IL, and they both said it like I did. I learned to read in IL. My friends here in IA said it with the "aw" sound as did my dh from MN.

 

I'm wondering if IL phonics are different from everyone else :001_smile:

 

Kelly

I guess I must be bi-lingual because I can say it either way. :D

 

I'm doing a very intense phonics program for dyslexics with my ds and I'm learning where my own accent is. It's very weird to now learn where my accent is, because, of course, I don't sound like I have an accent. :tongue_smilie:

 

Both the "oo" as in food and the longer "you" are correct pronounciations for the long u sound, depending on the word. Where we use which is probably heavily dependent on where we live or grew up. British accents typically say "you" in the middle of "tube" while most Americans I hear pronouced it more like "toob".

 

My dictionary shows several phonetic pronounciations for "want". The a in "want" can go to schwa. The schwa is usually pronounced like a short u--like how you say it. Or it can be the "aw" sound, (which sounds really "hick" to me) or it can be something that's more like a short o. I think you say it right--it's those other accents that are weird.

[Britomart]

Where do people use the long u for the words tube, June, and Duke?

 

In Disney's Cinderella. :P "Presenting His Grace, the Grand Duuuuuuke."

 

(My twins are a little obsessed with Cinderella, can you tell? :) )

[ElizabethB]

Most t words can be said either way. There is one that can only be pronounced one way, but I forget which one and which way!

 

I have it all written down somewhere.

 

My ESL students and some of my students with speech difficulties need to be taught when long u is oo and when it is yoo. For everyone else, it comes naturally, but there are regional differences.

[Melissa in Australia]

I say 'tube' with a long 'u'. It's almost t-yoob. I say 'want' as 'wont' (short 'o'). Try a standard English accent.

 

Laura

 

:iagree:I pronounce it very similar

[Laurie4b]

I'm curious how people pronounce the word "tube". I was reading in OPG today and it said that although some people use the oo (as in food) sound we should pronounce it with a long u sound. I cannot make my mouth make the long u sound with the word tube. It sounds really weird when I do it. Very forced. Where do people use the long u for the words tube, June, and Duke? Is there a regional accent that makes it easier or that makes it sound less forced?

 

I had this problem last week with another word. It was the word "want". I say it as if it were spelled "wunt". I don't use the "aw" sound as the book said. I called my parents, who grew up in IL, and they both said it like I did. I learned to read in IL. My friends here in IA said it with the "aw" sound as did my dh from MN.

 

I'm wondering if IL phonics are different from everyone else :001_smile:

 

Kelly

 

I say toob and wunt, too. I'm from SE PA.

[stripe]

I say 'tube' with a long 'u'. It's almost t-yoob. I say 'want' as 'wont' (short 'o'). Try a standard English accent.

To me, many English people sound like they say "chyoob." ;)

[Laura Corin]

To me, many English people sound like they say "chyoob." ;)

 

It's one of those regional/educational/class shifts.

 

Laura

[gardening momma]

I'm curious how people pronounce the word "tube". I was reading in OPG today and it said that although some people use the oo (as in food) sound we should pronounce it with a long u sound. I cannot make my mouth make the long u sound with the word tube. It sounds really weird when I do it. Very forced. Where do people use the long u for the words tube, June, and Duke?

 

...

 

I had this problem last week with another word. It was the word "want". I say it as if it were spelled "wunt". I don't use the "aw" sound as the book said. I called my parents, who grew up in IL, and they both said it like I did. I learned to read in IL. My friends here in IA said it with the "aw" sound as did my dh from MN.

I say tube with the "oo" sound and want with the "aw" sound. I'm from Michigan.

 

ETA: I guess I say want more like this:

I would say that it has a more of an "ah" sound than a "aw" sound when we say it.

Edited January 28, 2011 by gardening momma

[Rosie_0801]

To me, many English people sound like they say "chyoob." ;)

 

It's one of those regional/educational/class shifts.

 

Laura

 

That would be me, with my lazy Aussie accent. (To distinguish myself from those with not-lazy Aussie accents...) "Tchyoob," really.

 

Rosie

[Miss Sherry]

Is this all not confusing.. I mean depending how an individual pronounces..will elect if its long or short vowel..

Is there no standard norm??

How a word is pronounced is not always standard. How it is spelled should be standard.