How to view Spanish vs. French culture via one pronoun

As a native speaker of Spanish, learning how to master French sounds and French culture, I came across a method or way to sound more French as it came to using the frontal "-u" in French. An example of this is in the word, la rue=the street, usually a "-u" or '-ue". Basically, you must round your lips to say the sounds '-00" as in the English word "foot", and then utter the sound of '-ee' as in feet for the frontal French "-u" . What is key is that it is difficult for the Spanish speaker is that the sound equivalent is a back "-u" or "-ou" in French. So that if one does not acknowledge the difference if one is Spanish-speaking, it would be next to impossible to duplicate in French. Here are some strong specific examples that would strengthen the formation of the frontal "-u" in French: "La russe est rousse" which means "The Russian Lady is red-headed." Note that the word "russe" contains the frontal "-u" formed by the sounds at the front of the mouth("-oo" and "-ee" combined to form one sound) vs. the "-ou" of "rousse" which is only one sound formed at the back of the throat.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Recognizing that there is a difference in the back "-u" sound in Spanish vs. the frontal "-u" sound in French, especially if you are a native-Spanish speaker where the frontal "-u" sound is non-existant.
2. Selecting target words in French that are spelled, "rue", the street,
   or other words containing the frontal "-u". If, for example, you find the French word, "roue" it is a back "-u" sound and it means, the wheel, virtually because it is an "-ou" combination instead.
3. One classic example: "La russe(frontal "-u") est rousse(back -u)which means the Russian lady is red-headed. You can go back and forth switching the sounds, thus changing the meaning of the words by virtue of using front or back "-u".

Tips & Warnings

• No Spanish-speaking individual should take umbrage or offense as I almost did simply because the frontal "-u" is non-existant in Spanish. Be persistent and make every effort to incorporate the sound in its proper usage. It also accounts to the cultural-linguistic adage of the lips rounded with shoulders shrugged that is so typical in the French language and culture.