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You pronounce house like “mouse”, but “to house” is pronounced like “hows”, as in “how’s it going?”.

by KMnO4 3y ago

dylan604 3y ago
And Houston is only pronounced like house if you're in NY
- justinator 3y ago
  And not Who-ston? - or is it, Hue-ston?
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Hue's ton. It's a unit of weight. House-ton, we have a problem. --Jim Lovell House-ton, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. --Neil Armstrong I feel like I'm in some alternate universe ala PK Dick where things are the same with slight twists. This one is where odd pronunciations are the norm. Like going to the Rodeo to see the cattle.
- cantSpellSober 3y ago
  Or in Scotland, and the last syllable is still pronounced differently (ton instead of tun).
pests 3y ago
To me, every instance of "house" in the above sentence sound the exact same and perfect ryhme with mouse. Neiher "house" or "to house" sounds like "hows". I'm in the Southeastern Michigan area if that explains anything. edit: Using barrkel's comparison in a sibling thread - "house" and "to house" are both howce and "hows" is "howz". edit2: Further thinking leads me to conclude I have heard others use "howz" for "to house" around me and if I were speaking quickly that may be how I would say it. Just reading those sentences to myself internally at my own speed uses the howce.
- whycome 3y ago
  How do you say "we need to house new immigrants"? How do you pronounce "department of housing and urban development"?
  - arcanemachiner 3y ago
    Howz and howzing.
  - codetrotter 3y ago
    We need to mouse new immigrants Department of mousing and urban development
    - justinator 3y ago
      You're going to hate this, but the noun and verb form of mouse are pronounced the same, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mouse_1 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng... https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mouse_2 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng...
  - pests 3y ago
    "Housing" esposes more of the howz sound. The first is just howce. Thinking about this more... I just realized something. I struggled with a lisp and speech therapy in grade school. I distinctly remember a lesson where I was being instructed on how certain words ending in "s" actually sound like "z" like "apples" and I was pronouncing it without the z. I am thinking this may just be related to that.
    - whycome 3y ago
      I was just trying to illustrate it better. I think the majority will say "howz new immigrants." There are a few weird "same-spelling" words. You can refuse to throw refuse in the trash can. You can estimate how many estimates you might get. But I suspect that you're not a suspect in this case. But, if you get close, I'll close this thread.

You pronounce house like “mouse”, but “to house” is pronounced like “hows”, as in “how’s it going?”.

by KMnO4 3y ago

You pronounce house like “mouse”, but “to house” is pronounced like “hows”, as in “how’s it going?”.

dylan604 3y ago

And Houston is only pronounced like house if you're in NY

justinator 3y ago
And not Who-ston? - or is it, Hue-ston?
- dylan604 3y ago
  Hue's ton. It's a unit of weight. House-ton, we have a problem. --Jim Lovell House-ton, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. --Neil Armstrong I feel like I'm in some alternate universe ala PK Dick where things are the same with slight twists. This one is where odd pronunciations are the norm. Like going to the Rodeo to see the cattle.
cantSpellSober 3y ago
Or in Scotland, and the last syllable is still pronounced differently (ton instead of tun).

pests 3y ago

To me, every instance of "house" in the above sentence sound the exact same and perfect ryhme with mouse. Neiher "house" or "to house" sounds like "hows". I'm in the Southeastern Michigan area if that explains anything. edit: Using barrkel's comparison in a sibling thread - "house" and "to house" are both howce and "hows" is "howz". edit2: Further thinking leads me to conclude I have heard others use "howz" for "to house" around me and if I were speaking quickly that may be how I would say it. Just reading those sentences to myself internally at my own speed uses the howce.

whycome 3y ago
How do you say "we need to house new immigrants"? How do you pronounce "department of housing and urban development"?
- arcanemachiner 3y ago
  Howz and howzing.
- codetrotter 3y ago
  We need to mouse new immigrants Department of mousing and urban development
  - justinator 3y ago
    You're going to hate this, but the noun and verb form of mouse are pronounced the same, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mouse_1 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng... https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mouse_2 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng...
- pests 3y ago
  "Housing" esposes more of the howz sound. The first is just howce. Thinking about this more... I just realized something. I struggled with a lisp and speech therapy in grade school. I distinctly remember a lesson where I was being instructed on how certain words ending in "s" actually sound like "z" like "apples" and I was pronouncing it without the z. I am thinking this may just be related to that.
  - whycome 3y ago
    I was just trying to illustrate it better. I think the majority will say "howz new immigrants." There are a few weird "same-spelling" words. You can refuse to throw refuse in the trash can. You can estimate how many estimates you might get. But I suspect that you're not a suspect in this case. But, if you get close, I'll close this thread.