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Why sinkies pronounce "Flour" as .........
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Depends on which Ang Moh. American AM or British AM.
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Americunts = Flower, Toh-may-to, Elevator, soccer
British twats = Flaar, Toh-mah-to, Lift, football
Get it?
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British also pronounce as ''flower''...................seen it on tv many times liao..........
but in school i was taught to say it as ''flar''...............
but in school i was taught to say it as ''flar''...............
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on ze contrary, in fact, angmos pronounce flower as flour ...
actually most ppl don't even bother with the "r" so it's really just "fla" over here.
singaporeans tend to drop "r"s in english words and the "h" in chinese words.
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It's pronounced as "flower" in both American and British English.
Think of it this way : How do you pronounce "our" as in "our country" or "our home"?
Now add an "fl" at the beginning and there you go.
Think of it this way : How do you pronounce "our" as in "our country" or "our home"?
Now add an "fl" at the beginning and there you go.
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this brings up the subtle phonetic difference between "for" and "four". "four" is correctly pronounced as "fo-ur".
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Lest I forget, does anyone here know the difference between "advice" and "advise"?
You are baiting the native speaker to appear?
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there are so many words ,sinkies cant pronounce properly..flour is just the tip of the iceberg...words that immediately come to mind are"purchase",beach,....project and produce(two ways of saying them)..etc..and the fact that singkies pronounce every word in a flat tone with no stresses..practically any word thats more than one syllable
is pronounced wrongly, eg people becomes peeper..aircon becomes acorn
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many native speakers pronounce "en" like singkies..i.e how it is spelled in English..not french..eg..enchanted is mostly
pronounced as en-chanted not on-chanted unless one wants to sound posh..
pronounced as en-chanted not on-chanted unless one wants to sound posh..
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bcoz ze words din say 2 sinkies dat dey r french words ...'Sinkies can't pronounce French either. The "en" in "en bloc" is pronounced "on". Why are Sinkies so dumb ah?
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can't blame sinkies as english as a verbal language is pretty fucked up. for example, "flow" does not rhyme with "plow", although you pronounce "flower" like you will with "plower".
