It's hard to know what was meant, but take the sound [u] or 'oo' as in 'hoot' and put it at the front of a word like "why" transcribed as a kind of diphthong [ "oo" plus "y" ]. Crazy I know, but letter "w" can sometimes be viewed that way, and does show up that way in early childhood "invented spellings." -dh Dr. David Hargreaves Professor, Linguistics Humanities Division Western Oregon University (503) 838-8764 http://www.wou.edu/~hargred/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/