• @sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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          126 days ago

          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.

          • 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@lemmy.world
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              226 days ago

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

      • @static09@lemmy.world
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        227 days ago

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

        • @sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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          26 days 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@lemmy.world
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        27 days 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