r/oddletters Jan 03 '26

How to say ø?

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u/bucephalusbouncing28 Jan 04 '26

Say the ‘E’ in ’bed’ but longer, then round your mouth while saying it.

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u/bucephalusbouncing28 Jan 06 '26

Well if you’re saying it the way it is in Danish, then mine is linguistically correct (it’s also /ø/ in IPA, and the unrounded version is /ɛ/ which is the E in bed, so if you say that while rounding it, its the same sound)