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Originally Posted by Casiopea Here's a related poll: http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/4675.htm
To me, "flower" and "flour" are homophones. I can't agree with the CALD (Cambridge . . . ) on this one. Is this a case of spelling makes pronunication? Seems like it.  |
I don't have access to audio from Oxford Dictionary. Any one has?
I don't think it is a case of spelling makes pronunication. It could be that you the native speakers tend to be kind of hurry when pronouncing so you drop some sound from words. For example, for the word "flower" the Americans pronounce the 'w' sound. If you say you pronounce "flower" as same as "flour" then you pronounce it like flow-er. But I pronounce it as flow-wer. With the distinct paused between the two w's. Which I think might be overkill for native speakers. As for the British, they don't even pronouce the 'w' so it is like flaa-er.
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Originally Posted by Casiopea Hold on. I'm Canadian. Which speaker group should I choose? (agh) |
You are a moderator why don't you add one for yourself?
Should we have options for same/different AND native/non-native too? So that would be 6 options. Oh, it would be 8 with Canadian.
Then what about Australian? And what about non-native with Amecian/British/Australian accents? Not to mention South African, etc.