Pronouncing "wolf" as "woof" or "wuff": how is the plural pronounced?

[TriPolar]

I think for the females, the pronunciation would be “wives”.

[panache45]

@aldiboronti

By the way I heard Kathy Bates in last night’s episode of Harry’s Law pronounce tumult as tumm-ult (first syllable as in tummy) rather than tyoo-mult, standard in the UK. Is that really how Americans generally pronounce it or is this a quirk of hers?

Too (as in “took”)-mult. No diphthong.

[panache45]

@Tom_Tildrum

Rhymes with “roof” in that dialect, if I’m not mistaken.

Yes, but how is “roof” pronounced? I rhyme it with “proof,” but some people rhyme it with “hoof.”

(And then, how is “hoof” pronounced? This could go on forever.)

[JustinC]

@aldiboronti

By the way I heard Kathy Bates in last night’s episode of Harry’s Law pronounce tumult as tumm-ult

Yeah, bat she don speak good English like wot we do, innit?

[Fish_Cheer]

@panache45

Too (as in “took”)-mult. No diphthong.

Isn’t that the same with many “tu-” words (tube, for example)?

[BigT]

@Fish_Cheer

Isn’t that the same with many “tu-” words (tube, for example)?

I don’t think I’ve ever head anyone use the same sound for both the u in tube and the oo in took. All I note is that some people say toob, and others say tyoob.

[JustinC]

@BigT

I don’t think I’ve ever head anyone use the same sound for both the u in tube and the oo in took. All I note is that some people say toob, and others say tyoob.

I’d say it sound more like chube.

[Fish_Cheer]

@BigT

I don’t think I’ve ever head anyone use the same sound for both the u in tube and the oo in took. All I note is that some people say toob, and others say tyoob.

You’re right, of course. Sorry. I wasn’t paying attention.

[Zsofia]

My dad says “wuvvs”.