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minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up5·edit-23 个月前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”.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Aha. See, that explains the disconnect. Thank you.
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.