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French vowels often thought difficult to pronounce
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With the cunning thought of confusing my students, the inventors of the phonetic alphabet chose to write the French sound "u" with y and our French "ou" with u.
tur
lu
tu
tu
le
teuf
teuf
a
des
pneus
neufs
je
veux
deux
oeufs
du
jour
neuf
noeuds
nouent
neuf
oeufs
une
boule
de
houx
roule
sous
les
roues
Luc
a
bu
un
fût
de
jus
le
keuf
et
la
meuf
font
une
teuf
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