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Pronuciation assistance

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EpsiIon

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What are a good series of letters that, when read, clearly convey the sound "ow" (as in "ow, that hurt")?

My first thought was au, but that usually conveys more of an aw sound (as is autumn or auto).
Then I thught ow itself my work, but that tends to be read like owe (as in owned).

I can't seem to come up with any other possibilities. Can anybody help?
 
"ow" is what my Oxford dictionary uses as a standard pronunciation guide for "ow" :shrug; I find it most helpful to say "rhymes with..." or "sounds like..." when I'm trying to communicate a specific sound.
 
English is one language that is really hard to standardize pronunciations on for sounds because it is derived from many different languages. Unlike Spanish, for example, that pretty much has one pronunciation for each letter/combination, we often have many spellings for a single sound.
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
"ow" is what my Oxford dictionary uses as a standard pronunciation guide for "ow" :shrug; I find it most helpful to say "rhymes with..." or "sounds like..." when I'm trying to communicate a specific sound.
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Thanks Bryophyte. I think I might just go with Aou... not perfect if read too slowly, but whatever.
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
English is one language that is really hard to standardize pronunciations on for sounds because it is derived from many different languages. Unlike Spanish, for example, that pretty much has one pronunciation for each letter/combination, we often have many spellings for a single sound.
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Don't I know it. 🙂 I was just thinking this would really easy if we all spoke Spanish.
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
English is one language that is really hard to standardize pronunciations on for sounds because it is derived from many different languages. Unlike Spanish, for example, that pretty much has one pronunciation for each letter/combination, we often have many spellings for a single sound.
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I blame the Normans.
 
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