User:Rëdbl Speling/Decöding exercises: "ou"

The sëquence "ou" is sounded out as /aʊ/ in möst words. Normly the phräs "the 'ou' sound" refers to /aʊ/. Howevr there ar exceptions.

The sequence "öü" is alwäs sounded out as /ɔː/.

/aʊ/
/aʊ/: about - acount - amount - anounce - around - bakground - blous - blouse - bound - boundry - cloud - compound - council - counsl - count - county - discount - dout - encountr - floundr - foul - found - foundr - ground - house - loud - mount - mountn - mouse - mouth - noun - out - outcome - output - pound - profound - proud - round - scout - shout - sound - south - suround - thousand - trout - wound (verb wind) /aʊə/: flour - hour - our (unstressed /ɑːr/) - sour

/ʊ/

 * coud - shoud - woud

/ɔː/

 * böüt - föüt - öüt - thöüt

Homophöns

 * aloud - alowd; council - counsl; flour - flower; our - hour; woud - wood;
 * our /ɑːr, ˈaʊər/ - are /ər, ɑːr/

Miniml pärs

 * noun - nun/none;
 * wound (past tense of wïnd) - wünd (injury)