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Post by aprilfay21 on Sept 13, 2024 19:41:33 GMT
I am a one syllable pronouncer. But, for me it's not TOR, it's more TWOER, but a single syllable. I fully came in this thread ready to say "number thirty eight five sixty two" but I pronounce tour like MichyM. |
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Post by disneypal on Sept 13, 2024 19:42:15 GMT
I say it both ways - I kind of go back and forth. I think I use one syllable the most but I sometimes use two
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Post by gillyp on Sept 13, 2024 21:24:29 GMT
with a bit of "extra" on that soft "a", like a chillax pirate. I nearly choked on my crisp buttie!!  |
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Post by peabay on Sept 13, 2024 21:33:02 GMT
Rhymes with "four"
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Post by peabay on Sept 13, 2024 21:33:19 GMT
I am a one syllable pronouncer. But, for me it's not TOR, it's more TWOER, but a single syllable. but I pronounce tour like MichyM. Me too! |
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Post by librarylady on Sept 13, 2024 22:58:24 GMT
I fully came in this thread ready to say "number thirty eight five sixty two" but I pronounce tour like MichyM. Me too! Me three... |
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 13, 2024 23:12:04 GMT
I pronounce it with two syllables, just like I pronounce the word 'here' with two syllables: tour = TOO-uh here = HE-uh   |
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Post by melanell on Sept 14, 2024 0:02:17 GMT
Ds and I were discussing "hour and our" this morning. These sound exactly the same when I say them. In fact they were an often used example of a homophone when I was in elementary school.  Around here, both of those words rhyme with shower. |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Sept 14, 2024 0:35:48 GMT
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Post by realm on Sept 14, 2024 0:45:20 GMT
I was going to say 5 syllables, 3,8,5,6,2 but then I realized the actual question. I pronounce tour with 1 syllable.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Sept 14, 2024 3:21:20 GMT
Two syllables. I’m from the south and we add an extra syllable to most any word! And I also pronounced 38562!  |
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Post by rahnee on Sept 14, 2024 3:26:38 GMT
I clicked 2 syllables but its more like two-a.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 14, 2024 3:35:38 GMT
Two-er.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 14, 2024 3:37:58 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".  Two-er. Lure is also pronounced with two syllables. Sometimes I say sure with two and sometimes faster so it comes out with one syllable. |
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Post by gar on Sept 14, 2024 8:16:52 GMT
Ds and I were discussing "hour and our" this morning. Hour = ow-er - rhyming with shower and Our = aur A couple of times lately I've come across people mixing up 'our' and 'are' because lazy pronunciation makes our sound like are. "Come to are house later"  |
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Post by JoP on Sept 14, 2024 12:08:09 GMT
Tor - one syllable |
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 14, 2024 12:58:07 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".  Two-er. Lure is also pronounced with two syllables. Sometimes I say sure with two and sometimes faster so it comes out with one syllable. I actually mistyped there... I didn't mean the second *syllable* of "tore". "Tore" only has one syllable. I meant the hard "r" sound which comes from the "or" combination. The "u" of "lure" and "sure" doesn't do that to the "r".  |
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Post by hop2 on Sept 14, 2024 15:20:19 GMT
I say tor but I listen to a podcaster who says two-er and I see how/why one would pronounce it that way.
I do object to a certain area of my state where some say taw. That grates on my nerves.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 14, 2024 15:30:37 GMT
Hour & our can sound the same but some times our can sound like are( the laid back pirate bench) , it depends on the context somehow. 🤷♀️. For example it’s our ( rhymes with hour ) house but our ( are ) stuff. Like the sentence: Our ( r ) stuff is at our ( ower) house. For some reason unknown to me it is never our ( are ) house.
Do not ask me why I didn’t raise me it’s just what it is.
Lore & lure are not pronounced the same
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 14, 2024 15:40:04 GMT
Ds and I were discussing "hour and our" this morning. These sound exactly the same when I say them. In fact they were an often used example of a homophone when I was in elementary school. Around here, both of those words rhyme with shower. When I pronounce "hour and our" independently they are pronounced the same. But if I am using "our" in a sentence I might say it faster and it sounds like "are". |
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Post by gina on Sept 14, 2024 16:00:15 GMT
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