Vowels GOOSE

When fully stressed, the GOOSE vowel is slightly diphthongal in Southern English. Some degree of fronting is associated with the nucleus of GOOSE in virtually all forms of white Southern English. The nucleus may vary from a central to a front position. Fronting of the glide also occurs and is more common in the eastern half of the South. Variants include  (without fronting of the glide) and  (with fronting of the glide).