Heard spelling

fyooniculus

Spelled funiculus. the long u

Fyooniculus is the sound written out.

The spelling is funiculus, with a plain u.

English gives u a long value in an open syllable, so fu- becomes fyoo in the same way that music, human, futile and unit do. Nobody writes those with yoo either. The letter carries the y sound without help.

Say

fyoo-NIK-yuu-luss

Letters

F-U-N-I-C-U-L-U-S