I'd like to ask if the word 'boar' as in wild boar has a long o sound or not. Thanks
F Fame Member Joined Sep 8, 2005 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language English Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Apr 10, 2018 #1 I'd like to ask if the word 'boar' as in wild boar has a long o sound or not. Thanks
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Apr 10, 2018 #2 So yes, that's a long vowel sound.
tzfujimino Key Member Joined Dec 8, 2007 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Japanese Home Country Japan Current Location Japan Apr 10, 2018 #3 To call it a "long o sound" is a bit strange to me, though.
Roman55 Key Member Joined Feb 5, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language British English Home Country Italy Current Location France Apr 12, 2018 #4 Yes, it's a long vowel but not a long o.
probus Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 7, 2011 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada Apr 13, 2018 #5 Piscean said: It has the sound in BrE of /[FONT="]ɔː[/FONT]/, the vowel that we hear in thought, law, north, war. Click to expand... But not in AmE. There it is clearly a long "o" sound, to my ear quite distinct from the vowel in the examples given by Piscean.
Piscean said: It has the sound in BrE of /[FONT="]ɔː[/FONT]/, the vowel that we hear in thought, law, north, war. Click to expand... But not in AmE. There it is clearly a long "o" sound, to my ear quite distinct from the vowel in the examples given by Piscean.
Skrej VIP Member Joined May 11, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Apr 13, 2018 #6 Yes it's a long 'o' in AmE.