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I just wanted help about the words that have 'AE' in them.... how do they actually sound? And if any word has 'UO' in it, how does this uo will sound????????????????
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I just wanted help about the words that have 'AE' in them.... how do they actually sound? And if any word has 'UO' in it, how does this uo will sound????????????????
AE
ae in Greek-derived words is /i/ Aesop /i:sop/ Aegean /i:dzi ən/
Haem /hi:m/ as in haemoglobin, haemophilia. (Spelled 'hemo' in AmE)
Paediatrics /pi:d.../ (pediatrics in AmE)

UO - there are two ways that I can think of:
1. Duo is /dj'uo/ or /duo/ in AmE. that is, 2 sounds: u then o with the stress on u, duodenum.
duopoly /dju'opoli/ The stress is different here.
2. Quod is /kwod/, but you won't see that often.
Duomo (an Italian Cathedral) /dwomo/ Cuomo (an Italian name) /kwomo/

If you have any particular words, post them.
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Here are some examples:

daemon / i: /
haemoglobin / i: /
aeroplane / ea /
Gaelic / ei /
buoyant / oi /
duo / u:o /

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ae in Greek-derived words is /i/ Aesop /i:sop/ Aegean /i:dzi ən/
Haem /hi:m/ as in haemoglobin, haemophilia. (Spelled 'hemo' in AmE)
Paediatrics /pi:d.../ (pediatrics in AmE)

UO - there are two ways that I can think of:
1. Duo is /dj'uo/ or /duo/ in AmE. that is, 2 sounds: u then o with the stress on u, duodenum.
duopoly /dju'opoli/ The stress is different here.
2. Quod is /kwod/, but you won't see that often.
Duomo (an Italian Cathedral) /dwomo/ Cuomo (an Italian name) /kwomo/

If you have any particular words, post them.
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Here are some examples:

daemon / i: /
haemoglobin / i: /
aeroplane / ea /
Gaelic / ei /
buoyant / oi /
duo / u:o /
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