Tongue Changes Position During the Pronunciation

Short 0:as in on

This is a difficult sound and one which has a number of
accepted pronunciations in various parts of the world. Some
people pronounce it like the Italian a, others pronounce it
like the aw sound in awesome. The best seems to be the sound
somewhere in between these two sounds.

To get the middle sound, the short 0 should not be produced in the front of
the mouth. If you do so, the result is an law' sound. The
short 0 sound is made in the back of the mouth, the soft
palate raised and the back of the tongue depressed.

Drill

not	hobby	bottle
offer	conscious	God
common	origin	clock
lodge	mob	proper
rock	modest	scholar
honour(0-)	body	modify
mock	gospel	apostle
Thomas tomas	authority	john
profit	holiday	knowledge
cauliflower	modern	poverty
property	province	convent
comment	honest	communist

mock gospel apostle
Thomas (Tomas) authority John
profit holiday knowledge
cau.liflower modern poverty
property province convent

Long;:as in by
The tongue changes position during the pronunciation of
this sound, moving from lower centre (Italian a) to high
front (short i). The two sounds pronounced in rapid
succession give the diphthonged long i.

Drill

eye	quite	wiles	height	baptised
ally	quiet	price	device (s)(n)	exercise
wind(v)	fiery	pious	devise(z)(v)	prophesy(v)
wise (z)	prize	empire	finally	striking
buy	lies(z)	lice	lion	writes

Might does not make right in God's sight.
Short 00:as in foot
This is a short vowel, and the tongue position is high back
and held rather loosely. The lips are slightly rounded, the
muscles are relaxed, and the mouth is not quite so wide
open.

Drill

good	took	could	foot	book
sugar	full	pussy	put	bosom
should	wool	cook	push	wood
hood	bull	woman	stood	would
room	wood	cushion	soot	butcher

In producing this sound, the tongue position is high back;
the lips are rounded and the muscles are tense. This vowel
may be quite similar to the short 00, but it's not so. You
linger longer on the vowels when pronouncing it.

Drill

tool	room	too	soon	do
blue	broom	tomb	rule	chew
fool	moon	zoo	pool	true
cool	tooth	root	rude	smooth
roof	group	loose	suit	fruit

The fool soon fell into the pool.
Follow therules in the tool room too.
Do use the broom on the tomb.
Contrast between long 00 and short 00.


Drill
fool - full
shoed - should
food - foot boot - put pool- pun
rude - wood suit - soot cool- wool