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minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI’ve never heard anyone pronounce “tour” as rhymes with “sewer” in English. Perhaps in other languages?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCloser to sewer, or “doer” or “fewer”. Compress it to one syllable. Think “ooh” not “ohh”.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’m not… correcting you, I’m just explaining that I never hear anyone pronouncing tour such that it rhymes with either pronunciation of sewer.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYou said you’d never heard it that way, I just wanted to clarify that I communicated the right pronunciation since “sewer” is a bit more drawn out than I meant to imply. All good
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSorry, I was a little defensive because some others seemed to think I was arguing with you. Your explanation made sense, though.
minus-squarestatic09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMaybe you’re pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.
Bore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer
I’ve never heard anyone pronounce “tour” as rhymes with “sewer” in English. Perhaps in other languages?
Closer to sewer, or “doer” or “fewer”. Compress it to one syllable. Think “ooh” not “ohh”.
I’m not… correcting you, I’m just explaining that I never hear anyone pronouncing tour such that it rhymes with either pronunciation of sewer.
You said you’d never heard it that way, I just wanted to clarify that I communicated the right pronunciation since “sewer” is a bit more drawn out than I meant to imply. All good
Sorry, I was a little defensive because some others seemed to think I was arguing with you. Your explanation made sense, though.
Maybe you’re pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.