Caulk VS Cock

[MikeNewYork]

For me, "caulk" rhymes with "hawk" and "cock" rhymes with "hock".

 

[Raymott]

Same for me, but now the OP needs to know how the pronunciation of 'hawk' and 'hock' differ.
caulk, cork, pork, walk, talk, fork ...
cock, lock, knock, dock, Spock, doc ...
No doubt Mike and I pronounce these same words differently though.

 

[MikeNewYork]

We track on "cock". As for "caulk" not so much. Most on-line dictionaries have pronunciations.

I am surprised that you pronounce "hawk" as "cork", "pork", and "fork"

 

[Raymott]

Yes, it's hɔ:k, kɔ:k (open o, 'hawk') versus hɒk, kɒk (turned script a, 'hock'). AusE is non-rhotic, as you probably know.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I know very little about phonetics. I just know how most people that I know pronounce words.

 

[emsr2d2]

The "r" in cork, fork etc is unsounded in BrE too. You can hear it's there in AmE.

Have a listen to "fork" HERE. There are 5 pronunciations there - 4 American and 1 British (me!)

 

[MikeNewYork]

It may just because I was anticipating it, but I think I heard an "r" in your pronunciation.