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US grade school textbooks (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Bore rhymes with tour.. no?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Bore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I've never heard anyone pronounce "tour" as rhymes with "sewer" in English. Perhaps in other languages?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you're pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Drainage system = soo-er
Person who sews = soh-er
Exploring a place, with or without a guide = tohr

That's typically how I hear those pronounced. Idk, I get the sense that some think I'm trying to correct the OP when I'm just trying to figure out how the hell something is pronounced.

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