Lax vowels FOOT

The FOOT vowel is generally articulated as high back rounded lax [ʊ] . Occasionally, among conservative speakers on the Irish Avalon, the vowel is somewhat raised and tensed (cf. the similar tendency for the KIT vowel). As elsewhere in North America, more centralized variants also occur; but these are particularly evident among younger urban speakers, and in certain lexical items, e.g. good.