To anyone who speaks French...

[Traviesa 0]

How do you say this word:

"Boeuf" ????

[CarolineM 0]

like

buf

not BUFF

buf

[Traviesa 0]

so it sounds kind of like book but with a f?

[CarolineM 0]

[oe] \ as in French boeuf "beef," German Hölle "hell." This vowel, which occurs only in foreign-derived terms and names, can be approximated by attempting to pronounce the vowel \e\ with the lips moderately rounded as for the vowel \u\. This vowel is often anglicized as the \&r\ of bird by those who do not "drop their r's" or as the corresponding vowel of bird used by those who do (see the section on \r\). Where this anglicization is shown, it is represented as \&®\.

exactly - like book with an f

Edited April 24, 2006 by karo112

[Traviesa 0]

[oe] \ as in French boeuf "beef," German Hölle "hell." This vowel, which occurs only in foreign-derived terms and names, can be approximated by attempting to pronounce the vowel \e\ with the lips moderately rounded as for the vowel \u\. This vowel is often anglicized as the \&r\ of bird by those who do not "drop their r's" or as the corresponding vowel of bird used by those who do (see the section on \r\). Where this anglicization is shown, it is represented as \&®\.

exactly - like book with an f

oh holy cow-that sounds really complicated. i'll have to practice this...thanks!

[Welshcookie 17]

sounds like 'burff'

[Fuzzness 2]

the sound before B and F is a sound not found in the english language. it is neither u like in buf nor is it oo like in book. somewhere in between, more like an a french "e" sound