>>>>>There is no real emphasis in it. Just a short u. Most people emphasize the vocal. Has to sound like an sharp order.
>>>>>
>>>>>Never mind. I understand both ways. (^_^)
>>>>>
>>>>>Lutz
>>>>
>>>>Pronunciation site gave my loots.
>>>
>>>That's because there's no way to unambiguously spell a short u in English (as in butcher, would, put).
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>>If the pronunciation of every letter were to be unambiguous we would need a lot more letters, wouldn't we?
>
>Russian language is like that. You can practically make any sound with just one letter. And there are 33 letters in the russian alphabet. So you are right; just add a few more letters to English and you will be speaking in Russian <g>.

In the U.S. that might be tricky from a marketing POV <g>.