Which of Daniel Jones's 10 secondary Cardinal Vowels is your favourite?
/y/ high front rounded vowel, as in German "Ăźber" or French "tu"
/ø/ mid-high front rounded vowel, as in SAE "bird", French peu", German "schÜn"
/Ĺ/ mid-low front rounded vowel as in French "coeur" (Cockney/NZ "bird")
/ɜ/ low front rounded vowel, as in how some Danish speakers say grøn "green"
/É/ low back rounded vowel, as in "not" in Received Pronunciation
/Ę/ low-mid back unrounded vowel - historically u in "but" but not common no
/ɤ/ mid-high back unrounded vowel as in "foot" in South African English
/ÉŻ/ high back unrounded vowel, not in English, but u in Japanese "sushi"
/ɨ/ high central unrounded, as in the 2nd syl of roses when distinct from Rosa's
/Ę/ high central rounded, as in the surfer pronunciation of "dude"
In honour of Vowel Month please take this highly serious poll about your favourite vowels!!!
tumblr polls only have 10 options so we're going with the weird bois, sorry schwa, it's not my fault danny j didn't love you
(don't know what these symbols mean? vote on vibes or listen to our friend danny jones saying all the vowels on an old school record here)
























