Mother → Mom → Mommy | I love my son; he's my sun

[Glizdka]

Are the words/sentence below good examples of how /ʌ/ can be spelled with an o or a u?

Mother → Mom → Mommy
?????? → Mum → Mummy

"I love my son; he's my sun."

 

[jutfrank]

The words mother and son both use the sound /ʌ/.

But Mom and Mum have different vowels, thus the different spelling.

 

[SoothingDave]

Not necessarily. I say them both the same.

 

[Yankee]

The words mother and son both use the sound /ʌ/.

But Mom and Mum have different vowels, thus the different spelling.

And therefore, slightly different pronunciation. Mom (mahm)/Mum (muhm), an AmE take.

 

[emsr2d2]

And the pronunciation of "mom" depends on where you're from. I have two friends from the Midlands who pronounce it entirely phonetically. It rhymes with "Tom".

 

[Glizdka]

And the pronunciation of "mom" depends on where you're from. I have two friends from the Midlands who pronounce it entirely phonetically. It rhymes with "Tom".

Which o's would they pronounce the same in "Tom's mom won't come."?

 

[emsr2d2]

The ones in "Tom" and "mom" would be the same.