Wull = Well

Johnny   Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:29 am GMT
How common is it to pronounce the interjection "well" as "wull"? I hear it like that all the time.
Kess   Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:51 am GMT
vowel rounding due to dark L influence: [Q] rounded vowel

wolf [wUlf] ---> [wQlf]
Mulder (X-Files) ['m@ld@r]---> ['mQld@r]
(WestUS) salt [sAlt]---> [SQlt]
(WestUS) bald [bAld]---> [bQld] (bold [bQld])
culture ['k@ltch@r]---> [k'Qltch@r]
pulse [p@ls]---> [pQls]