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https://www.etymonline.com/word/ur- https://www.etymonline.com/word/ur- A German prefix, so my guess would be however you would pronounce "oor" as in "boor" bu
by rswail 6y ago
https://www.etymonline.com/word/ur- https://www.etymonline.com/word/ur-
A German prefix, so my guess would be however you would pronounce "oor" as in "boor" but not "oor" as in "floor" :)
- Someone 6y agoEnglish has enormous variation in pronunciation, but I think (drawing from knowledge of German, more than of English) it’s more like “oer” in “boer” (/bʊər/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer), with a somewhat shortened “oe”. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur-, says it’s - (UK) IPA(key): /ʊə/, /ɜː/ - (US) IPA(key): /ɝ/ So it seems that is one of the UK ways to pronounce it.
- jdmichal 6y agoThe font I'm seeing in the mono is not making this obvious: The US version has a hook on the right side. It might show up better in proportional font. /ɝ/ That hook is indicating that the vowel is rhotic aka "r-colored".