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Bore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer
I've never heard anyone pronounce "tour" as rhymes with "sewer" in English. Perhaps in other languages?
Closer to sewer, or "doer" or "fewer". Compress it to one syllable. Think "ooh" not "ohh".
I'm not... correcting you, I'm just explaining that I never hear anyone pronouncing tour such that it rhymes with either pronunciation of sewer.
You said you'd never heard it that way, I just wanted to clarify that I communicated the right pronunciation since "sewer" is a bit more drawn out than I meant to imply. All good
Sorry, I was a little defensive because some others seemed to think I was arguing with you. Your explanation made sense, though.
Maybe you're pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.
Drainage system = soo-er
Person who sews = soh-er
Exploring a place, with or without a guide = tohr
That's typically how I hear those pronounced. Idk, I get the sense that some think I'm trying to correct the OP when I'm just trying to figure out how the hell something is pronounced.
Nah don't get it wrong I get shit because I say tour instead of tore. Poem instead of pOh-ehm. Theatre instead of thee-ate-err