Pronunciation of "flour" and "flower"

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Do native speakers pronounce "flour" and "flower" differently?

Thanks.

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[+4] - Sturgis - 09/30/2018It can vary due to different accents.
[+3] - ehBeth - 09/30/2018It depends on where you live.

@tanguatlay,

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@tanguatlay,

It depends on where you live.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

It depends on where you live.

Thanks, ehBeth.

Please elaborate.

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@tanguatlay,

It can vary due to different accents.

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@tanguatlay,

I pronounce flour with one syllable ( like 'are' but more 'owr') and flower with two syllables (flow/er).

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@Miss L Toad,

bottom line, you talk funny

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@visceral,

she does, doesn't she?

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Largely swinging diction is indicative of dialect and vocal nuance.

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@glitterbag,

I live below the Mason-Dixon Line and flour and flower both are two syllable words. Like power mower not paramour.

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@tanguatlay,

I pronounce flour and flower the same way. And that isn't the worst of it.

(While I was in South Carolina)

Co-worker: where are the scissors?
Max: in the draw.
Co-worker: what did you say
Max: they are right there in the draw
Co-worker: what?
Max: that boxy thing you pull out of the cabinet? It's in there.
Co-worker: oh! You mean the drow whir.
Max: what?

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@maxdancona,

That would be "drawr". - One syllable with the w and e connected.

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@Miss L Toad,

That description conjures memories of Blanche Devereaux.

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LoL. I like the draw whir joke.

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@tanguatlay,

Same in the UK.

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@tanguatlay,

in addition to the options above ... where I come from flour rhymes with door and flower sounds like a cross between flohwer and fleur

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