Hi, Please is it / də ʌp / or / du ʌp /?
A angel-girl1 Junior Member Joined May 22, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Arabic Home Country Morocco Current Location Morocco Feb 4, 2013 #1 Hi, Please is it / də ʌp / or / du ʌp /?
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Feb 4, 2013 #2 If these are transcriptions of do up, then only the second is correct. In BrE, we normally transcribe it as /du: ʌp/
If these are transcriptions of do up, then only the second is correct. In BrE, we normally transcribe it as /du: ʌp/
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Feb 5, 2013 #3 :up: (/ə/ is always unstressed. If you stress a vowel, it can't be /ə/ . b