ABSTRACT

These mostly precede either l or sh. (Think of a door marked pull on one side and push on the other!)

ul or ull full, -ful (e.g. mouthful),3 pull, bull (and derivatives, e.g. bulldozer), bullet, bulletin /Bbkletxn/, bullock, bully, fulfil, fulsome, pullet, pulley, pullover, pulpit

ush bush, push, bushel, ambush, cushion Note also: put, sugar, butch, butcher, cuckoo, pudding, puss(y)

ould as strong form for verbs could, should, would

2. Spellings for GOOSE 2.1 The goose vowel has a lot of different spellings, but only three: oo, u, o, overlap with those of the foot vowel.