216 Go to /ʊ-uː-uːl/ Comparison GHOUL /uːl/ - Long Vowel When the GOOSE /uː/ vowel is before /l/ (at the end of a syllable) then the vowel changes. It moves further back in the mouth and becomes a
monophthong rather than a diphthong. Even though it sounds very different, dictionaries still use the same symbol /uː/. We can call this new vowel GHOUL. To avoid confusion in this course, the GHOUL vowel will always be transcribed with /l/: /uːl/
Words rule, cool, drool, tool, fool, jewel, pool, school, spool, stool, you’ll = yule
Phrases 1 cool tools 2 school rules 3 you’ll go to the pool 4 the jewels are on the stool Now practise with the FOOT-GOOSE-GHOUL reading passage
Some speakers make the GHOUL vowel sound exactly the same as the NORTH vowel /ɔː/. For example, cool = call, tool = tall, fool = fall