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Re: Orson
by Rachel Shaina (Evil)
3/15/2018, 5:25 PM
in reply to a message by Theodora'sMommy
Mike's the only person who adds names to the main database, but there are occasionally errors around the site; everyone makes mistakes.
The O in Orlando says it's O like in boat or cone, AW is like bought. IDK about everyone else, but the difference between those sounds for me is very minimal. https://www.behindthename.com/info/pronunciation
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- Tassiegirl
3/16/2018, 12:11 PM
The words boat, and bought, sound just the same to me;I think that's a Canadianism, or at least, an east-coast ism.
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- queenv   +3
3/16/2018, 5:37 AM
The way I speak, there's a big difference between the O sound in "boat" or "cone" and the vowel sound in "bought".
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- mirfak   +1
3/16/2018, 9:05 AM
Is there as big a difference between the O sound in "sort" and the AW in "sawn"?There is a huge difference between "loan" and "lawn" for me, too, but a smaller one when there's an OR.
It seems to be mostly names with OR that are getting marked "AWR." Still, OR and AWR are different and I say O for most or-names. I have trouble distinguishing in some of them though - like, Boris and Corinne and Loretta seem more like AW when I say them.
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- queenv
3/16/2018, 9:15 AM
A slight difference between "sort" and "sawn", but very slight.
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- Cayden (theparkite)
3/16/2018, 5:48 AM
Same here. They sound nothing alike to me.
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- mirfak
3/15/2018, 10:10 PM
Yeah it's very small! especially when there's an R after it.

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