Dear Linda and Vocalisters:
I pronounce the word "Pull" in the normal American way. Miller uses
the work "Nook" for this same vowel which in IPA is written as [U] or
capitol U.
I believe the usual vowel pronunciation for "Dull" is the [upside
down v] as is also found in the word "Fun".
It is not unusual to extend the "AH" category of vowels into the
neutral category of vowels [upside down v], [U], and the [schwa]
because they are often considered as extension of the former.
>"Lloyd W. Hanson" wrote:
>
>> File = [a]
>> Shout = [script letter a]
>> Father = [script letter a but written upside down]
>> Fun = [upside down v]
>> Pull = [U]
>
>Deah Lloyd,
>
>Ah know th't Merkans talk kinda strange ta our eahs[1], but did you
>really mean that the vowel in "pull" is a variant of the ah vowel? I
>could understand it for the word "dull", but do you pronounce the two
>words alike?
>
>[1] or, in the West Country, yurze!
>
>churze,
>
>Linda
>
>
--
Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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