[ASK] bout "flour"

i just found out that flour was pronounced "flauer" the same as flower...

So far, i always pronounce it "flo:r"

i was surprised and would like to ask anyone about this case...

Perhaps it's only dialects matters( British or American ).

Yeah, it's spelled like /flower/ from what I've learned. But it may differ in some places.

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Originally Posted by hero4dohl

i just found out that flour was pronounced "flauer" the same as flower...

So far, i always pronounce it "flo:r"

i was surprised and would like to ask anyone about this case...

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yep, it is exactly and absolutely the same as flower.

notice this:

flower/'flawə(r)/
flour/flowə(r)/

I looked up the dictionary for the phonetic symbol just to make sure about what I believed so far (I spelled both words /flowə(r)/ )

extra explanation: why do I put parentheses among the "r"?? because of the different accent. American people will most likely spell it with "r", however Englishman without.

^^ CMIIW

there is a little difference between flour and flower
if you try to differ it, you'll find it when you pronounce "w" n "u"
flawer, flauer

hmm, to avoid any misspell..I always use the speech section in control panel. Try it...It is able to spell every word you type in..

:) :D

Flour as in 'flower' is the British pronunciation

Flour as in 'flar' is American pronunciation

I think

i think its Just a sPell Problem or see How the words use it..

well, I think English has many words with the same pronounciation, what we have to do is to see the context where the words may occur :D

Flour and Flower are homophones

U don't need to differentiate it, just spell it [flawə(r)]
The difference ,though, is on the intonation.

flower/'flawə(r)/
flour/flowə(r)/

Notice the 'f and f, in flower, we denote the initial f while flour we don't denote it, just normal pronunciation


I looked up into many dictionary like Webster [ Merriam - Webster ] and Oxford Dictionary, Wordweb Dictionary, Cambridge and outsources.

its much harder when u spell it in british accent

Only tones differ them.

flower: flaw.er

flour: flawer

They have identical pronunciation, but different tones.

The method of reading flour depends on the accent, normal english accent will read flour as " f l a e r ", which mostly correct for normal accents, not sure about british though..

i think its just a spell problem and the accent from another country :)