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minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoFrench pronounce the “ou” as is “tour”. But you do you.
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoTour as in tu- er or tore? I’ve heard it pronounced both ways here in the states
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoBore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoI’ve never heard anyone pronounce “tour” as rhymes with “sewer” in English. Perhaps in other languages?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoCloser to sewer, or “doer” or “fewer”. Compress it to one syllable. Think “ooh” not “ohh”.
minus-squarestatic09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMaybe you’re pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.
minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up2·edit-28 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”.
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?
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”.
Maybe you’re pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.
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”.