"poor" and "pour" - Do they pronunce the same?
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well yes
in England at least.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/poor
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pour
listen to the pronunciations carefully. :)
Hope this helps.
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Yes! In English, you'll find many words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different thing.
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In the southern states, the words might both be pronounced "pore", like the pores in your skin. But many places we would say pore for "pour the water into the glasses". The word poor would be pronounced with "oo" in the middle.
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No.
poor pour
[pʊə] [pɔː]
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