[Magdalen] I'll Be Calling You OO.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

My spouse had trouble tuning into a conversation I was having
this morning over the phone concerning our metal roof.
 
I quickly realized this was because I was betraying my Upper
Midwest roots by pronouncing the double "O" of roof as though
the word rhymed with "rough/ruff" instead of rhyming with  "soup."
 
Ditto with root et al.
 
There are many English words with "00" that EVERYONE does
pronounce rhyming with "rough/ruff," such as "foot" and "soot."
 
English language vowels must be a nightmare to native
Spanish speakers.
 
 
 
 
David S.