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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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

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

Closer to sewer, or "doer" or "fewer". Compress it to one syllable. Think "ooh" not "ohh".

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] sensiblepuffin 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry, I was a little defensive because some others seemed to think I was arguing with you. Your explanation made sense, though.

[–] static09 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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.

[–] MutilationWave 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah don't get it wrong I get shit because I say tour instead of tore. Poem instead of pOh-ehm. Theatre instead of thee-ate-err