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Randall Kloko (rkloko@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: In my native Michiganian, "aloof" has the vowel sound of "tool",
:                     but    "roof"  "   "   "      "   "  "book".

: In the Southeast, however, "roof"  "   "   "      "   "  "tool".

Not in Burlington, North Carolina, or at least not for everyone there.

Peter

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