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Hmm. Cora is written as KAWR-ə and Dorothy is written DAWR-ə-thee. George is JAWRJ. I wonder why Orlando is written as OR, since it's the same sound (to me at least?)
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It’s the same to me, too. This is why I wish they’d just use the IPA.
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That's weird because I don't say KAWR-ə and DAWR-ə-thee and JAWRJ. They're all O sounds to me.
I say AW for the o in Oliver Boris and Robert ... but not Jordan, Theodore, Corbin.
I wonder if it's like that to keep consistent with some source, or to match the IPA somehow.
I say AW for the o in Oliver Boris and Robert ... but not Jordan, Theodore, Corbin.
I wonder if it's like that to keep consistent with some source, or to match the IPA somehow.
This message was edited 3/15/2018, 2:10 PM
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There’s probably more than one content admin and it’s a lack of consensus. They may not even know about the inconsistency.
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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
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
This message was edited 3/15/2018, 5:26 PM
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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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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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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.
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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A slight difference between "sort" and "sawn", but very slight.
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Same here. They sound nothing alike to me.
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Yeah it's very small! especially when there's an R after it.
This message was edited 3/15/2018, 10:11 PM
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