Similar to 'oo', but the tongue is further forward. Imagine you're saying 'feel' but with the lips pushed forwards at the same time. Some fluteplayers imitate this when they're adjusting their embouchure. The 'ch' in 'church'. We also have AIFF files available offline for most of the names.
AIFF files are high quality sound files, but they are very large.
If you would like to request a pronunciation in AIFF format, please send email to Robin . You will receive the file as an attachment to email. Most of the recordings were made at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Mariko Kondo , a native speaker of Japanese, at the Institute for Applied Language Studies, University of Edinburgh . Please send email to Robin .