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[โ€“] sparkle@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

In most American dialects and some British dialects, "bore" and "tour" rhyme (called the "pour-poor merger"). But in some dialects it may rhyme with "sewer"/"two-er" or have the same sound as in "blue" or even as in "were".

[โ€“] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Aha. See, that explains the disconnect. Thank you.