ENGLISH WORDS WITH THE LETTER “O” PRONOUNCED /ʌ/

You can hear the pronunciation in MERRIAM-WEBSTERS

above

among

brother

color

come

comfortable

company

compass

cover

does

done

dove

dozen

frontier

glove

government

honey

London

love

money

monk

monkey

month

mother

none

nothing

one

onion

other

oven

smother

some

son

stomach

thorough

ton

won     [past tense of the verb “win”]

wonder

worry

REFERENCES:

The sounds of English in IPA symbols

Sixty words with /ʌ/ video

Καναράκη, Γ. Ε. (1974). Η φωνολογική παρεμβολή της Νέας Ελληνικής εις το αγγλιστί γράφειν. Αθήναι

Avery, P. & Ehrlich, S. (1992). Teaching American English Pronunciation. Oxford: OUP

Kenyon, J. S. & Knott, T. A. (1953). A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster

Nilsen, D. & Nilsen, A. (1973). Pronunciation contrasts in English. N.Y.: Regents Publishing Company

Swan, M. (1995). Practical English Usage. Oxford: OUP

Wells, J. C. (1990). Longman Pronouncing Dictionary. Harlow, Essex: Longman

Wijk, A. (1966). Rules of Pronunciation for the English Language. London: OUP

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