How Do You Say The Word, Our

[rebelcowboysnb]

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[farmerlor]

I'm a yankee and I usually say our so it rhymes with Flour or hour BUT I also spent many, many years in Texas so when I'm talkin' Texan which I do frequently, then it rhymes with are. Flower sounds like flare, dog can actually be a two syllable word but sheriff only has one syllable when speaking Texan.

 

[pbjmaker]

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I was only teasing about the Yankee part. LoL But I am curious also as to how the word, our, is pronounced in different areas.

When I was in Iowa, I heard the word creek called a, crick. I say, creek with a long e not a short, i.

I'm still in Iowa and it is still a crick!!!!!!

 

[gritsar]

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Pretty much!

Today I have an excuse, not that I need an excuse, but I do have one. I'm sick, DH's sick.

 

[mom'sfolly]

I actually had to say "our" a couple of times to see what I really say. I think its usually closer to "are" but sometimes it ryhmes with flour and hour....

Recently, my third grader came home with a paper that he had an error on that is related to regional word pronunciation. He was supposed to circle all the 2 syllable words and he circled the word "coyote". In this household, that's a two syllable word, but with most people it is a three syllable word. I say it as a two syllable word because my dad would correct it every time that we said ca yot tey. I'm also very careful about saying didn't instead of dint.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Whats wrong with the gravy? An are you talking about white gravy, brown gravy or chocolate gravy? An thats just breakfast gravy.

Don't forget the red-eye!

 

[gritsar]

Robin'sBrood :

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Whats wrong with the gravy? An are you talking about white gravy, brown gravy or chocolate gravy? An thats just breakfast gravy.

Don't forget the red-eye!​

Gravy is a food group right?

 

[deb1]

I want sausage gravy over biscuits for breakfast now. Thanks for ruining my attemtps to eat healthy, you guys.

Or maybe, chicken fried steak with gravy-white of course.

My grandmother was the best cook but because I wanted to prove that I was too sophisticated for down home southern cooking, I refused to let her teach me to cook. Oh, I can cook all types of food now, but I still can't make good biscuits or collards. Now that I am older, I would like to go back in time and shake my younger self.

 

[Tala]

Well myself I say it and it sounds like "are".
Seems when you say it "proper", it sounds as if
you are stating the "hour" of the day.
Of course I am from the south so that might make
a difference.

Yep pretty much like that. When I use it in a sentance it comes out about the same as "are" does, but if you asked me to just say the word "our" by itself then it sounds more like "hour"

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Yep I talk kinda like that.
My parents and grandparents say "out of pocket" too, but I think that's too many words to say

I'm also very careful about saying didn't instead of dint.

I say closer to "didunt" (still all one syllable though) than "dint"

What really gets on my nerves are people who pronouce the type of car - a COUPE, and they pronounce it COOP.

What? You mean that's wrong??

how else would you say it?​

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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What? You mean that's wrong??

how else would you say it?

I pronounce it coop... the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. According to Wikipedia...

Pronunciation

In Europe (including the United Kingdom), the original French spelling, coupé, and a modified French pronunciation (/kuːˈpeɪ/ koo-pay), are used. The stress may be on either the first or second syllable; stressing the first syllable is the more Anglicized variant. Most, but not all speakers of North American English, at this time, pronounce coupé as "coop" (/kuːp/) and spell it without the acute accent (coupe). This was a gradual change from the original French pronunciation occurring prior to World War II.[1] A very North American example of usage is the hot-rodders' term Deuce Coupe ("doose coop") used to refer to a 1932 Ford.

we're saying it correctly.