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Old 10-Nov-2005, 04:34
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Default Re: difference pronunciation between "flower" and "flour"

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Originally Posted by YTG
As for the British, they don't even pronouce the 'w' so it is like flaa-er.
Only a very small group say 'flarze' nowadays, just as only a very few say 'hice' for 'house'. That pronunciation wouldn't, in all probability, be considered RP anymore, but resticted to very small upper class circles, IMO.
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