• @ripcord
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    8 months ago

    What does it sound like to your ears?

    I’m not aware of any English-speaking country where it’s pronounced different (maybe certain heavy accents, particularly non-native speakers, pronounce it differently). But it’s the same in both British and American English. A soft u sound.

    And it’s a homonym with won, which is pronounced the same.

    Soft o and soft u are not terribly far apart so I guess that’s part of it.

    And of course like so many English words (since it’s a mutt language) it doesn’t follow many established rules.

    • @Apepollo11
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      08 months ago

      I’m English (northern), and “one” rhymes with “on”, not “un”.

      Honestly, I’ve never noticed any British accents that pronounce it differently than that, but I guess it’s not Impossible.