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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 months agoI pronounce it bore-zhwah. Is that wrong?
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agoFeel like that’s as correct as we can get, as Americans.
minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoFrench pronounce the “ou” as is “tour”. But you do you.
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoTour as in tu- er or tore? I’ve heard it pronounced both ways here in the states
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWhoa what? I’ve never heard anyone pronounce tour as tu-er. At that point you might as well slap an umlaut on that bad boy
minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up5·edit-24 months agoIn most American dialects and some British dialects, “bore” and “tour” rhyme (called the “pour-poor merger”). But in some dialects it may rhyme with “sewer”/“two-er” or have the same sound as in “blue” or even as in “were”.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAha. See, that explains the disconnect. Thank you.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoA more aggressively American pronunciation would be bore-ge-oh-is.
I pronounce it bore-zhwah. Is that wrong?
Feel like that’s as correct as we can get, as Americans.
French pronounce the “ou” as is “tour”. But you do you.
Tour as in tu- er or tore? I’ve heard it pronounced both ways here in the states
Whoa what? I’ve never heard anyone pronounce tour as tu-er. At that point you might as well slap an umlaut on that bad boy
Bore rhymes with tour… no?
In most American dialects and some British dialects, “bore” and “tour” rhyme (called the “pour-poor merger”). But in some dialects it may rhyme with “sewer”/“two-er” or have the same sound as in “blue” or even as in “were”.
Aha. See, that explains the disconnect. Thank you.
A more aggressively American pronunciation would be bore-ge-oh-is.