Talk:hue

Isn't the pronunciation closer to /hjy/? Or am I the only one that seems to think that the stressed "u" in English often finds an allophone in /y/?John Riemann Soong 01:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The vowel /y/ is not part of any English dialect I'm familair with. It's a close front vowel, and most English speakers (at least in the US/UK/Canada) pronounce the word as a back vowel. There are some words with initial [oo] that come close, but only in isolated interjective usage, not in the regular flow of speech. --EncycloPetey 01:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I mean /hju/ "hyoo" clearly is distinct from "hue", when considered as one syllable. It's closer to the pronunciation of "iew" as in "char siew" (if you're familiar). Plus, it's easier to say /hjy/ than /hju/ because the tongue doesn't have to travel as far ("j" starts at the position of "i" and it's easier for it to end at its counterpart "y" via rounding). John Riemann Soong 01:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Wiktionary is not paper
"Character; aspect." What is this supposed to mean? 70.112.20.23 20:35, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

New Zealand pronunciation?
I cannot figure out how to interpret the NZ pronunciation; the first character in the pronunciation given does not appear anywhere in the IPA tables linked right next to it (which do include a New Zealand English column for vowels). Ian01 (talk) 00:12, 6 August 2014 (UTC)