/ də ʌp / or / du ʌp /

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angel-girl1

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Hi,

Please is it / də ʌp / or / du ʌp /?
 
If these are transcriptions of do up, then only the second is correct. In BrE, we normally transcribe it as /du: ʌp/
 
:up: (/ə/ is always unstressed. If you stress a vowel, it can't be /ə/ .

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