Poll: 'Flour' and 'Flower'
'Flour' and 'Flower' |
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Votes: 986
Comments: 8
Added: November 2005
Comments:
| Martin - 3rd May 2006 00:48 |
| These two words are SO NOT said the same way!!!! You don't pronunce and "w" sound in the word "Flour". If you do, your saying it wrong. Flour is said with the two sounds Fl - our where as "Flower" is said using the sounds Fl - ow - er. The trip I think it the pronciation of our. I prenounce our more like the sound "ahh" and less like "ower". |
| yussuf - 26th June 2007 18:12 |
| am improven my english on the website |
| Ivan - 12th March 2008 03:21 |
| Martin, where are you from? Judging from the spelling mistakes you've made [e.g. "prenounce" (wrong) instead of "pronounce" (correct)], I'm guessing that you are not a Native English speaker, i.e. that you're neither from USA, Canada or UK. Are you from Singapore? Most Singaporeans tend to pronounce "flour" as "flah," rather than "flower." |
| gerald - 8th November 2008 01:55 |
| I take issue with your insinuation that Singaporeans are not "native english speakers." Sure, Singlish predominates in Singapore, but there are Singaporeans who can speak and write standard english. Don't over-generalise when you refer to a country's population. |
| edward - 9th February 2010 16:12 |
| The two words are pronounced very much the same way. It's very true that most Singaporeans and Malaysians for that matter mispronounce the word as "Flah.' You never hear it said this way in the UK, whatever the accent. Can't be sure how most Americans and Canadians say it. |
| Hamzah - 23rd April 2010 23:19 |
| USA, Canada or UK pronounces flour and flower sounds exactly the same. If I say "Go to the florist and get some flour". This sentence is stupid but does anyone know that I'm referring to flour or flower? I bet everyone will hear it as flower. Where else if is pronounce flour as flahh, everyone know what goes wrong. So what you are a native English speaker. You mean English can't be change? A Singaporean and Malaysian majority speaks more than three native languages some even more. They are able to speak your only one native language. Do you able to speak theirs? |
| MrsB - 12th May 2010 04:33 |
| I recommend that readers google Fadzillah Amin's well-researched comment on the standard pronunciation of this word. It is true that 'flah' is commonly pronounced and understood as 'flour' in Malaysia and Singapore, hence it may be recognized as a legitimate alternative pronunciation in Malaysian English and Singapore English , which are legitimate varieties of English . |
| george - 30th May 2011 03:23 |
| ... and thus, the whole absurdity of "correct" english is revealed. As a living language, even native speakers must adapt to changes in grammar and pronunciation from numerous sources. If you want it to remain the same forever, go and learn latin. |
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