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Originally Posted by Cloudgazer
Hearing news anchors and journalists say "your" for "you're" is very provocative for me.  In my formative years, the two words were usually spoken with distinct sounds for the "ou" diphthong: the "ou" in "your(s)" sounding like the "o" in "yore" and the "ou" in "you're" sounding like the "ou" in "you". Nowadays, I often hear them pronounced identically.
@Native English speakers: Are these two words pronounced the same way in your area? |
I've never heard of "your" and "you're" being pronounced differently. I grew up in the Buffalo, NY area. We have lots of pronunciation quirks of our own..... 
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN
If you don't mind me ... my ... saying, this topic deserves a whole nother forum.
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