Chamonix pronunciation

Do you distinguish in pronunciation between:

''cot'' and ''caught''
''Mary'', ''marry'' and ''merry''
''card'' and ''cord''
''pour'' and ''poor''
''wine'' and ''whine''
''horse'' and ''hoarse''
The vowels in ''nearer'' and ''mirror''
The vowels in ''hurry'' and ''furry''
''lock'' and ''loch''
''pull'' and ''pool''
''tune'' and ''toon''
''do'' and ''dew''
''loot'' and ''lute''
''rood'' and ''rude''
The vowels in ''bad'' and ''lad''
The vowels in ''father'' and ''bother''

And where are you from?

I'm from Florida, and for me:

''cot'' and ''caught'' No
''Mary'', ''marry'' and ''merry'' No
''card'' and ''cord'' Yes
''pour'' and ''poor'' No
''wine'' and ''whine'' No
''horse'' and ''hoarse'' No
The vowels in ''nearer'' and ''mirror'' No
The vowels in ''hurry'' and ''furry'' No
''lock'' and ''loch'' No
''pull'' and ''pool'' Yes
''tune'' and ''toon'' No
''do'' and ''dew'' No
''loot'' and ''lute'' No
''rood'' and ''rude'' No
The vowels in ''bad'' and ''lad'' No
The vowels in ''father'' and ''bother'' No

cot'' and ''caught''
''Mary'', ''marry'' and ''merry''
''card'' and ''cord''
''pour'' and ''poor''
''wine'' and ''whine''
''horse'' and ''hoarse''
The vowels in ''nearer'' and ''mirror''
The vowels in ''hurry'' and ''furry''
''lock'' and ''loch''
''pull'' and ''pool''
''tune'' and ''toon''
''do'' and ''dew''
''loot'' and ''lute''
''rood'' and ''rude''
The vowels in ''bad'' and ''lad''
The vowels in ''father'' and ''bother''

mary=meahry, merry= m(sp):e:(d)rry
card= A as in "on", but i say it "kohd"
hoarse=hoarse, but i saw both as "hawss"

other than that most are the same

ekko from NY

''pour'' and ''poor'' No "
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Really? I just can't believe you guys there in FL pronounce these 2 words alike. I see a big difference in their pronounciation and I wouldn't be able to pronounce them the same way.

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Really? I just can't believe you guys there in FL pronounce these 2 words alike. I see a big difference in their pronounciation and I wouldn't be able to pronounce them the same way.>

It's not just Florida. I think many NAE dialects (but not all, obviously) do not happen to distinguish between those two words. I'm a speaker of one of those dialects on the other side of the continent here in California. I pronounce "pour" and "poor" (as well as "pore") as /pOr/.

Yes to everything except:

''pour'' and ''poor''
''wine'' and ''whine''
''horse'' and ''hoarse''
''loot'' and ''lute''
''rood'' and ''rude''

which are all the same!

I'm in South Carolina (that's the source of most of my accent, but I've also lived in Miami, Denver, and some non-English-speaking countries):

''cot'' and ''caught'' Yes
''Mary'', ''marry'' and ''merry'' Yes
''card'' and ''cord'' Yes
''pour'' and ''poor'' No
''wine'' and ''whine'' Yes
''horse'' and ''hoarse'' No
The vowels in ''nearer'' and ''mirror'' Yes
The vowels in ''hurry'' and ''furry'' No
''lock'' and ''loch'' No
''pull'' and ''pool'' Yes
''tune'' and ''toon'' No
''do'' and ''dew'' Yes
''loot'' and ''lute'' No
''rood'' and ''rude'' No
The vowels in ''bad'' and ''lad'' No
The vowels in ''father'' and ''bother'' No

Damian from SCOTLAND and his pronunciations in the list (haven't I seen it before somewhere?) are the same as those of Rick from ENGLAND. except with "pour" and "poor".a slight distinction here for moi. The first is similar to "more" but unlike English Rick I roll the "R" a wee bit...the second is more like the French word "pur" .again R rolling.sort of.

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Really? I just can't believe you guys there in FL pronounce these 2 words alike. I see a big difference in their pronounciation and I wouldn't be able to pronounce them the same way.>

Yep, Here in Florida we pronounce ''pour'' and ''poor'' (as well as "pore") all as /pOr/. But, as Kirk said, it's not just Florida.

I have heard a few people pronounce ''poor'' as /pur/ (with the ''oo'' sound in ''food'') and thus different from their ''pour''. That pronunciation sounds a bit odd to me.

I also pronounce ''more'' and ''moor'' both as /mOr/.

Where are you from Chamonix?

IL.
I've been to FL, but I didn't really pay attention.
However I heard more Spanish then English, in Miami I mean.

Arren't you "Don"?! ):/>

Good eye, Sander, you're right, but actually SpaceFlight has confessed to his former misdeeds at least on unilang (not sure if he did an apology here). Check out:

On that forum my username happens to be "svenska84, " just so you don't get confused.

''IL.
I've been to FL, but I didn't really pay attention.
However I heard more Spanish then English, in Miami I mean.''

Chamonix,

So you're from Illinois, right? Do most people in your area distinguish ''pour'' and ''poor''? Do you pronounce ''poor'' with the ''oo'' sound in ''food'' /pur/? For me, both ''poor'' and ''pour'' (as well as ''pore'') sound similar to your pronunciation of ''pour''.