''tore'' and ''tour''

SpaceFlight   Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:21 pm GMT
Do you pronounce ''tour'' and ''tore'' the same? Or do you pronounce ''tour'' as ''too er'' i.e. /tu@`/?
Lazar   Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:27 pm GMT
I pronounce them differently.

tour - [tur]
tore - [tor]

(In a very narrow transcription, my "tour" might be [tu@`], but I transcribe it as [tur] for simplicity's sake.)
SpaceFlight   Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:50 pm GMT
Quote-''my "tour" might be [tu@`],''

Lazar,

Do ''tour'' and ''doer'' rhyme for you? If they don't, then your ''tour'' is probably not /tu@`/ but /tur/.
Lazar   Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:52 pm GMT
No, "tour" and "doer" don't rhyme for me. I take back what I said about it being [tu@`] - it's definitely [tur].
Kirk   Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:17 am GMT
"Tour" and "doer" rhyme for me. "Tore" rhymes with "sore" for me.
Travis   Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:28 am GMT
For me, "tour" and "doer" do not rhyme, but "tore" and "sore" do.

"tour" : /tur/ -> [t_hu:r\]
"doer" : /du@`/ -> [du@`]
"tore" : /tor/ -> [t_ho:r\]
"sore" : /sor/ -> [so:r\]
Gjones2   Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:55 am GMT
I pronounce 'tour' and 'tore' differently ('tour' like 'lure' or 'cure', and 'tore' like 'door') -- both as single syllables, though. 'Doer' I pronounce as two syllables, and I retain the final 'r'. [I'm in South Carolina, USA.]