#vowels

[blorbonk]

It's not Valentine's Day yet, but it's never too early to profess your love.

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[thatsbelievable]

[lingthusiasm]

Which of Daniel Jones's 10 secondary Cardinal Vowels is your favourite?

/y/ high front rounded vowel, as in German "über" or French "tu"

/ø/ mid-high front rounded vowel, as in SAE "bird", French peu", German "schön"

/œ/ mid-low front rounded vowel as in French "coeur" (Cockney/NZ "bird")

/ɶ/ low front rounded vowel, as in how some Danish speakers say grøn "green"

/ɒ/ low back rounded vowel, as in "not" in Received Pronunciation

/ʌ/ low-mid back unrounded vowel - historically u in "but" but not common no

/ɤ/ mid-high back unrounded vowel as in "foot" in South African English

/ɯ/ high back unrounded vowel, not in English, but u in Japanese "sushi"

/ɨ/ high central unrounded, as in the 2nd syl of roses when distinct from Rosa's

/ʉ/ high central rounded, as in the surfer pronunciation of "dude"

Voting ended onApr 11, 2024

In honour of Vowel Month please take this highly serious poll about your favourite vowels!!!

tumblr polls only have 10 options so we're going with the weird bois, sorry schwa, it's not my fault danny j didn't love you

(don't know what these symbols mean? vote on vibes or listen to our friend danny jones saying all the vowels on an old school record here)

[blockmadnessoflearning]

made a craft of the vowels

[jokingluna]

[thatpollguy]

How do you pronounce the "Hall" in Halloween?

Same vowel sound as Hat

Same vowel sound as Hall

I know it seems like an obvious answer but I pronounce it the first way 😂

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! A unique question indeed 😆 Keep 'em coming, folks 😎🧡

How do you pronounce the "Hall" part of "Halloween"?

Same vowel sound as "Hat"

Same vowel sound as "Hall"

Voting ended onNov 14, 2025

[nemfrog]

And sometimes Y. Bright beams from the blackboard. 1930.

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[studykoreanwithasya]

Vowels and Consonants (and their names)

Here is a quick list of vowels and consonants and their names. A Korean spelling B might not be on your bingo card, but this is quite useful to know if you ever have to spell a word aloud in Korean or ask for spelling.

Vowels (모음)

ㅏ (아) ㅑ (야) ㅓ (어) ㅕ (여) ㅗ (오) ㅛ (요) ㅜ (우) ㅠ (유) ㅡ (으) ㅣ (이) ㅐ (애) ㅒ (얘) ㅔ (에) ㅖ (예) ㅘ (와, wa) ㅙ (왜, wae) ㅚ (외, oe or we) ㅝ (워, wo) ㅞ (웨, we) ㅟ (위, wi) ㅢ (의, ui or eui)

*The pronunciation of compound vowels trip me out, so I put the pronunciation for those too.

Consonants (자음)

ㄱ (기역) ㄲ (쌍기역) ㅋ (키읔) ㄴ (니은) ㄷ (디귿) ㄸ (쌍디귿) ㅌ (티읕) ㄹ (리을) ㅁ (미음) ㅂ (비읍) ㅃ (쌍비읍) ㅍ (피읖) ㅅ (시옷) ㅆ (쌍시옷) ㅈ (지읒) ㅉ (쌍지읒) ㅊ (치읓) ㅎ (히읗)

Sidenote: for other English speakers learning Korean out there, have you also ever found yourself spelling Korean or calling the letters by their English equivalent, like ㄱ if G and ㄴ in N or ㅂ is B? I giggle when remembering doing this a few times with classmates when talking about spelling.

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