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Post by katlady on Sept 13, 2024 16:53:30 GMT
How do you pronounce “tour”? One syllable like “tor”. Or two syllables like “two-er”? I saw this question pop up on another message board, thought it would be perfect for us here. 😂
I tend to say one syllable, “tor”. But I did have to say it to myself a few times to be sure.
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Post by Linda on Sept 13, 2024 16:56:01 GMT
one syllable tur (like turn without the n)
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Post by Tearisci on Sept 13, 2024 17:01:11 GMT
Two-er
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Post by Zee on Sept 13, 2024 17:25:00 GMT
Not "tor" but not exactly two syllables.
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2024 17:25:56 GMT
I am a Tor pronouncer but I know other Brits, especially from the east of England will say two-er.  I bet I’m not the only one who said the numbers in your title aloud and wondered how else they could be said. |
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Post by MichyM on Sept 13, 2024 17:28:00 GMT
I am a one syllable pronouncer. But, for me it's not TOR, it's more TWOER, but a single syllable.
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Post by melanell on Sept 13, 2024 17:31:58 GMT
I pronounce the OU as if I were saying two-er, but it comes out in one syllable. So I guess it's like lure but with a "t", but only if you pronounce "lure" as one syllable.  Therefore, I say "tourist" to rhyme with "lure-ist".  |
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Post by jemali on Sept 13, 2024 17:32:10 GMT
I am a one syllable pronouncer. But, for me it's not TOR, it's more TWOER, but a single syllable. Me too |
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Post by Basket1lady on Sept 13, 2024 17:41:32 GMT
In my mind, I said one syllable, but then it tried it. I definitely use two syllables.
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 13, 2024 17:43:35 GMT
I guess I pronounce it the French way since it's a French word... rhymes with "lure" and "sure" not "tore" with the harder second syllable. I have never heard anyone say "two-er".  |
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Post by lainey on Sept 13, 2024 17:45:47 GMT
Tor, I can not get my head (or tongue) around two-er.
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Post by katlady on Sept 13, 2024 17:46:08 GMT
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Post by Zee on Sept 13, 2024 17:46:18 GMT
I pronounce the OU as if I were saying two-er, but it comes out in one syllable. So I guess it's like lure but with a "t", but only if you pronounce "lure" as one syllable. Therefore, I say "tourist" to rhyme with "lure-ist". Yes, this is what I was trying to say! |
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Post by Tearisci on Sept 13, 2024 18:13:23 GMT
I am a Tor pronouncer but I know other Brits, especially from the east of England will say two-er. I bet I’m not the only one who said the numbers in your title aloud and wondered how else they could be said. Nope, I did the same thing! |
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Post by pantsonfire on Sept 13, 2024 18:16:46 GMT
A soft 2 syllables?
Too ehr is kind of how it sounds.
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2024 18:21:38 GMT
Tor, I can not get my head (or tongue) around two-er. Say it the way the comedian Chris Ramsey would say it. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 13, 2024 18:27:28 GMT
Too-er
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Post by River on Sept 13, 2024 18:36:17 GMT
Tor
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Post by lainey on Sept 13, 2024 18:48:09 GMT
Tor, I can not get my head (or tongue) around two-er. Say it the way the comedian Chris Ramsey would say it. I don't know who that it, I'm doing well today 😂 |
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 13, 2024 18:56:41 GMT
It is that goofy diphthong OU that says "ew." Then add on the R (very controlling) and you get T/EW/R. One vowel sound. One syllable. Add on -ist for a second vowel sound and second syllable. Tourist. That is how I teach it, so I'm sticking with that. ETA: When you listen to the Gilligan Island theme song, you can hear both the two syllable and one syllable pronunciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0 |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Sept 13, 2024 18:57:55 GMT
One long syllable, not quite two.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 13, 2024 18:58:43 GMT
I do have to laugh at myself. I am so literal that I actually thought you were asking us to pronounce the number 38,562. I was wondering how you could pronounce it differently.
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Post by anaterra on Sept 13, 2024 19:00:55 GMT
1 syllable but more of the lure vs tor
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Post by gar on Sept 13, 2024 19:02:33 GMT
Not quite 2 but more than 1. Like lure I guess, but not like sure or tor.
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Post by malibou on Sept 13, 2024 19:06:31 GMT
Too-er.
Tour and lure do not rhyme in my mind.
Ds and I were discussing "hour and our" this morning. Hour = ow-er - rhyming with shower and Our = aur - all scrunched together, but with a bit of "extra" on that soft "a", like a chillax pirate. I think it shows my northern Indiana early years.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 13, 2024 19:15:09 GMT
I am a one syllable pronouncer. But, for me it's not TOR, it's more TWOER, but a single syllable. Thank you! I was trying to figure out how to explain that! It is like toooer. |
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Post by Merge on Sept 13, 2024 19:17:27 GMT
As others have said, one syllable but more like two-r.
Two syllables would be very southern IMO.
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Post by grammadee on Sept 13, 2024 19:21:52 GMT
I am a Tor pronouncer but I know other Brits, especially from the east of England will say two-er. I bet I’m not the only one who said the numbers in your title aloud and wondered how else they could be said. Nope. I went there too before opening the thread. There ARE different ways to say numbers. Some people put way too many “and”s in. |
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Post by milocat on Sept 13, 2024 19:26:17 GMT
Too-er. Tour and lure do not rhyme in my mind. Ds and I were discussing "hour and our" this morning. Hour = ow-er - rhyming with shower and Our = aur - all scrunched together, but with a bit of "extra" on that soft "a", like a chillax pirate. I think it shows my northern Indiana early years. Agree with all this, from northern Alberta. |
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Post by quinlove on Sept 13, 2024 19:26:27 GMT
Not quite 2 but more than 1. Like lure I guess, but not like sure or tor. This is the best explanation of how I usually say it. Thank you 950nancy for the song. 😊 |
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I bet I’m not the only one who said the numbers in your title aloud and wondered how else they could be said. 
