How do you pronounce “tour”, and what state/region are you from?
Posted by jjj-thats-me@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 996 comments
I was just listening to an audiobook, and the narrator pronounced tour, rhymes with “shore”. I pronounce tour, rhymes with “sewer”.
therealmmethenrdier@reddit
For me, it rhymes with”oar.” New York
HarveyNix@reddit
Rhymes with "poor" or "moor." Chicago. Although as a first-grader when we moved to Michigan where I grew up, one of the first things I noticed was that everyone said "poor" as though it were "pore." Not "tour" as "tore," though.
ktswift12@reddit
Interesting. Born and raised in Chicago with family that’s been in Chicago for 2 generations on the northwest side, but I say it rhyming with sewer “two-er.”
bugzzzz@reddit
Same
ms-mariajuana@reddit
I'm from the northern suburbs and say it like you guys
Horangi1987@reddit
Wait, how are people saying ‘poor’? I always thought it sounded like ‘pore.’
Yeah, I’ve never personally heard of ‘tour’ as ‘tore’ so this entire query is all new to me.
(37, raised in St. Paul, MN)
palomdude@reddit
Poor and pore are pronounced the same. I don’t know how you would pronounce them differently.
GothWitchOfBrooklyn@reddit
say the word poop but then change the last letter to r
that's different from pore
I think it's an older way of pronouncing them but it's shifted over the years
BubbhaJebus@reddit
It sounds weird to me to pronounce "poor" as "poo-r". Do people who pronounce it this way do the same with "door"?
GothWitchOfBrooklyn@reddit
it sounds weird to me too, I don't say it that way
nightowl_work@reddit
Some people say poor more like "poo-er" (but faster).
BubbhaJebus@reddit
"poo-er" (普洱) is a kind of aged, fermented tea.
MyDogOper8sBetrThanU@reddit
I wonder if Chicago is an outlier in the Midwest. I say it as tore like the person above. It seems folks in this thread from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana say it two-or
BubbhaJebus@reddit
But "poor" sounds like "pore" and "moor" sounds like "more", both rhyming with "door".
But "tour" sounds like "too-er".
leesainmi@reddit
Im in Michigan and say tour like tore, poor like pore.
nightowl_work@reddit
Weird. For me, poor=pore (which also =more=tore), moor!=more, and tour is a different sound than any of those.
erilaz7@reddit
Lifelong Californian here, and I would also pronounce it to rhyme with "poor" and "moor".
my-coffee-needs-me@reddit
Same here. I've spent most of my life in Michigan.
hoosier_catholic@reddit
Two-er. Northern Indiana.
bugzzzz@reddit
Same, Chicago
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
Same in southern Minnesota
frogmuffins@reddit
Same in southern Indiana(where I live), also same in northern Kentucky and Northeast Ohio(where I'm from)
WinnerNovel@reddit
Two-er in southern Wisconsin, too.
mst3k_42@reddit
Like shore. Southern Indiana.
BreadfruitTasty@reddit
One syllable. Ture.
Neuvirths_Glove@reddit
Something like that but with a hint of a second syllable: TOO-er
Fit-Distribution2303@reddit
Grew up in The Falls/Buffalo live in Tennessee now, and I concoo-er (chuckle)with TOOer
Neuvirths_Glove@reddit
But you don't really say concoo-er do you? To me it's cun CUR. Period.
Fit-Distribution2303@reddit
Nah, I was just making a (lame) joke. 😂
hootsie@reddit
I have a friend from Grand Island, I can hear what you mean. Lol... "Gran Eye-lin".
Neuvirths_Glove@reddit
The key to the Inland Northern dialect is the vowel shift. I don't think I shift my vowels but when I hear someone from back home speaking it sounds different from people here in Texas, and like I say the vowels. I mean just the first syllable in accent is enough to recognize it.
Hot-Ad930@reddit
Go Bills
Neuvirths_Glove@reddit
GO BILLS.
NojaysCita@reddit
LOVE when this pops up in non-Bills/BLo subs. ❤️🦬💙
LJ_in_NY@reddit
Same. Syracuse native.
Morning-Chub@reddit
Rochester native here. This.
ReadyDirector9@reddit
Same-grew up on Long Island
Neuvirths_Glove@reddit
Interesting... when you look at accents, the Buffalo area is part of the Inland Northern or Great Lakes dialect group, which goes about as far east as Rochester. I wonder if Syracuse is more influenced by Inland Northern, NYC, or New England, as far as that goes. My wife is from Albany area and while I don't think she has strong accent, some of her vowels are very East Cost, like when she says coffee, it comes out CUAW-fee.
basszameg@reddit
I was just going to comment that a coworker from near Buffalo pronounces it “TOO-er.” It stands out since we live where most people (myself included) pronounce it like it rhymes with four.
WritPositWrit@reddit
Do you also say tool as two syllables, “too-ul “? I hear that sometimes around Syracuse.
DuffThey@reddit
Wisconsin - and I've never thought about this but I definitely say "too-ul"
AwarenessThick1685@reddit
Damn me and my dad say it like that as a joke but it's just kind of how we say it in general now. We're from Indiana
zoopest@reddit
This feels closest for me. New England.
InevitableRhubarb232@reddit
Yes. A hint of a second syllable is a good way to put it.
Like if I made a haiku im not sure how I would count it
Aire_Filter@reddit
Same, Dallas. TOO-er
audvisial@reddit
This is how I've always said it - Nebraska
craftyrunner@reddit
Same, born and raised in California
arkstfan@reddit
In Arkansas I’d say that’s closest except very shortly sounded out close to being Tur
runnyeggloser@reddit
My grandma says it the same way! I’ve never heard it from anyone else!
nerowasframed@reddit
I feel like that spelling can be interpreted a few different ways. What does it rhyme with? Fur? Door? Something else?
BreadfruitTasty@reddit
Like fur but with more emphasis on the u.
nerowasframed@reddit
I think I'm a bit more confused now. I don't put any emphasis on the u when I pronounce fur, and I'm struggling to figure out how to emphasize the u at all in fur. I pronounce it the same as fir. I essentially pronounce both as "frr".
BreadfruitTasty@reddit
I meant it’s more drawn out. Touuur versus fur.
Muderous_Teapot548@reddit
Thank you, I was looking for a way to phonetically spell it.
Ture and Toorist, South Central Texas
sewiv@reddit
Same.
CaptainMalForever@reddit
Thank you, that's me too, but I couldn't figure out how to write it.
Square-Wing-6273@reddit
But how do you say sure?
CaptainMalForever@reddit
Shur? It does not rhyme with tour, when I say it.
Square-Wing-6273@reddit
I wondered if you said it like shore.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
Raised in Indiana and this is how I say it. One syllable.
Prowindowlicker@reddit
This is the only way
IDigRollinRockBeer@reddit
Toor. Never heard it said any other way. I was so confused this was a question
Constant-Security525@reddit
Tour, like four (4). Mid-Atlantic state Philadelphia/NYC metro areas.
IDigRollinRockBeer@reddit
I am in a mid-Atlantic state between Philly and nyc and we say toor. Never heard it said any other way
onedozenclams@reddit
Same but tauh
gardingle@reddit
Two-er. Oregon
Mama_B_tired@reddit
Same. Originally from NH, now living in NM.
quilter71@reddit
Same. Iowa
OneAccurate9559@reddit
Same Oregon.
ZanzaBarBQ@reddit
Same Michigan
Lumbergod@reddit
Another same, Michigan.
HailMi@reddit
Another same same, Mitten.
poetic_justice987@reddit
Also Mitten, but one syllable. Toor.
No_Necessary_9482@reddit
Michigander here. I say "Tore." We went on tour in highschool and I got a lot of shit for not say two-er. My mom is from the south though.
sharpshooter999@reddit
Same here in Nebraska
Aguywhoknowsstuff@reddit
Can confirm.
Sassifrassically@reddit
Same, NorCal
Dragosteax@reddit
if you’re speaking kind of fast in casual conversation, how would you say “a tour of the museum?” I’m in jersey and would say, i guess quickly, “a tore-uh-duh-museum” I’m trying to say “a two-er of the museum” but it’s a mouthful
SavageTS1979@reddit
Same way, Province of Ontario, Canada
thatgirl420@reddit
Also Oregon. Two-er
Jennewoman@reddit
Originally from TX. Same.
Lived in S. Louisiana, and caught the other pronunciation- rhymes with chore
Moved back to Texas, and it’s all over the place. It depends what my brain decides to tell my tongue at the moment…
DancingFlamingo11@reddit
Same. Kansas
staceymbw@reddit
Missouri as well.
uncle-brucie@reddit
Funny talking Canadian type. Trumps gonna deport you.
floofienewfie@reddit
Same, west coastie, now Oregon.
SportyMcDuff@reddit
Three hour tour. Colorado. Nuff said.
UmbreonTrainer27@reddit
Same. Central California (an hour south of Fresno)
Timely-Youth-9074@reddit
This is the way.
Mars_Bear2552@reddit
four tour, also OR
Any_Scientist_7552@reddit
Same. Washington, via Montana.
No-Weird3153@reddit
Same California by way of Oregon and Arizona.
ObsceneJeanine@reddit
Same MN born, MT now
PoopsieDoodler@reddit
Toor. Oregon
EAS0@reddit
Same, NW Indiana
Appropriate_Hawk_322@reddit
Same, NY
haileyskydiamonds@reddit
Louisiana here, and this sounds right.
Gloomy-Albatross-843@reddit
Minnesota - Can Confirm
aracauna@reddit
Squish that into one syllable and that's how I would in Georgia.
jendickinson@reddit
Northern Illinois and same.
Krickett72@reddit
Same KY
torryvonspurks@reddit
For some reason this is how my daughter pronounces it. She lived in NC her whole life and we don't say it like that.
AbominableSnowPickle@reddit
Wyoming here too, I've never heard the other pronunciation from anyone but out of staters.
Wizzmer@reddit
Same here. Texas.
gardingle@reddit
Alright, but how do y'all pronounce Coor's? Khors, koo-ers? Something else?
KaleidoBee@reddit
Same, Minnesota
AlaskanBiologist@reddit
Same Alaska
TheViolaRules@reddit
Same, Washington originally
PancakesanSyrp@reddit
Same, southern California (originally WA as well)
1singhnee@reddit
Same, NorCal, originally WA too.
nightowl_work@reddit
a full two syllables, or more like the second syllable in "couture"?
plaincheeseburger@reddit
Same from Alaska.
Other_Bill9725@reddit
Same, western New York.
Zexceed_9@reddit
How do you say your?
liverdawg@reddit
Same, georgia
BirthofRevolution@reddit
Same Ohio
Jorgedig@reddit
Same, Seattle.
twotall88@reddit
Are you sure Too-er wouldn't be more fitting? I know it's subtle but the w in two is completely absent from tour.
InevitableRhubarb232@reddit
Same Midwest.
why_kitten_why@reddit
same. Close enough location, too.
warm_sweater@reddit
Oh my god I do say it like that. I sat there saying it out loud both ways, felt line those “Aaron has an iron urn” guys from the YouTube video.
sdcasurf01@reddit
Same, grew up in San Diego.
kenmohler@reddit
Same in Kansas City.
olivemor@reddit
Same. Midwest (MN and WI)
Traditional-Try-8714@reddit
Same in Illinois
dunderthebarbarian@reddit
Wisconsin, same
MinkieTheCat@reddit
Same from So Cal
big-bootyjewdy@reddit
That unnamed mystery state between Philly and NYC
MaroonTrojan@reddit
Lemme get a Taylor Pork Ham Roll with egg and cheese, salt pepper ketchup
ExtemporaneousLee@reddit
...it's "sault, pep-n-ketch" 🤭
DNA_ligase@reddit
I'm from right at the dividing line between the terms and I'm going to call it the Taylor Pork Ham Roll now.
Jillstraw@reddit
A bunch of peoples heads exploded when you combined the controversial “pork roll” and “Taylor ham” lol. I am also going to adopt this new, improved name.
doa70@reddit
Taylor pork ham. I'm going to start using this around the Bennys in the summer.
lwp775@reddit
Sometimes Delaware try’s to sneak in, but nobody notices.
big-bootyjewdy@reddit
23 miles of I-95 and an extended suburb of Philly don't count (I'm so sorry, Delaware)
Constant-Security525@reddit
Yup
Early_Clerk7900@reddit
Rhymes with tore? I say toor
DaisyJane1@reddit
North Georgia, and same!
RSVPno@reddit
Same in Midwest similar to "I tore a piece of paper".
Libraryanne101@reddit
Where in the Midwest is this?
ArcTruth@reddit
Also in the Midwest, I do like the OP - rhymes with 'sewer.'
MeganMess@reddit
I have a Midwestern friend who says 'ter'. We actually did touring theater together and it always took me a couple of seconds to figure out what he was saying. I was on 'tewer' and he was on 'ter'.
cruzweb@reddit
meanwhile, /u/ZanzaBarBQ and I grew up in Michigan and pronounce it like two-er. The midwest is not a monolith on this stuff.
Opposite-Peak5020@reddit
Indiana and also two-er
Toxiholic@reddit
Indiana. Two-er as well.
Financial_Emphasis25@reddit
Michigan too. Two-er is a good example of how I say it. Rhymes with sewer as well.
gardingle@reddit
I took a tour to the sewer and it smelled like manure
pheen@reddit
MN here and I'm with you: two-er
dbtrb22@reddit
Is "Sewer" one syllable to you?
ArcTruth@reddit
More like one and a half? If that makes sense?
ReliefAltruistic6488@reddit
Midwest here, I say it the same, tour
unexplainednonsense@reddit
I’m in the Midwest and I have a slight emphasis on the “u” so like 75% tore 25% tewer
cometparty@reddit
🤯
6strings10holes@reddit
How do I know you don't say foo-er?
Constant-Security525@reddit
I doubt many people say that.
Alaskan_transplant@reddit
Same. Alaskan here.
shelwood46@reddit
I have never heard this and I lived near Princton for 30+ years, weird. I'm more of a two-ur person.
Constant-Security525@reddit
That's extremely surprising.
Myveryowndystopia@reddit
Are you referring to Central Jersey? Also, just so you know it’s pork roll!!!
Constant-Security525@reddit
Central New Jersey is the land of pork roll. It's where the two major brands originated. Yes, it is pork roll. Don't get me started on this. I know the whole history.
Myveryowndystopia@reddit
I’m just helping you out from down south. Plus, there’s really no thing as central jersey. I’ve always been told 😆
an_edgy_lemon@reddit
Same here in southern California.
notyourchains@reddit
From Ohio and can confirm
fhockey4life@reddit
What an odd way to say New Jersey 😂
Constant-Security525@reddit
Not just NJ
zozigoll@reddit
Why not just say New Jersey?
Constant-Security525@reddit
Because it was also PA.
DaddyCatALSO@reddit
I have lived two hours form Philly almost all my life and never ever heard thta
Thin-Significance838@reddit
Same, NYC (currently; NYC metro my whole life).
Lumpy_Branch_552@reddit
Too-er, Minnesota
Picklesadog@reddit
SF Bay Area and same
tastygluecakes@reddit
Like “TORR”?
Never heard that one…
Yinxi19@reddit
Same. Tour rhymes with four. I'm originally from CT, but currently live in MN and I hear most people here pronounce it rhyming with sewer.
Klytus_Im-Bored@reddit
Same here in SWPA
GetCashQuitJob@reddit
Correct answer (also mid-Atlantic). Gilligan's Island got it right.
Serious question - if you pronounce it like "two-er," how do you pronounce "pour," "your" and "four." Then there's "dour," "hour" and "sour." Did you really have to add a third?
Razz_Matazz913@reddit
Same. CT/FL
ScallywagBeowulf@reddit
Say it the same way here in the Southeast.
solomons-marbles@reddit
Same… New England.
Wonderful-Honeydew28@reddit
Same, New Hampshire
QueeeenElsa@reddit
Same, Texan here.
Former_Tadpole_6480@reddit
I grew up in Maryland and also pronounce it like four. Minnesotans have laughed at me for that, claiming sewer is the correct pronunciation.
Constant-Security525@reddit
Interesting. I would find a "sewer" like pronunciation odd. It would seem like a "two er", to my ear.
Former_Tadpole_6480@reddit
YES. It sounds like two-er. I asked if they said three-er.
ShittyDuckFace@reddit
NYC, same
whoreforchalupas@reddit
Same! (central NY)
JudgeJuryEx78@reddit
So New Jersey
Constant-Security525@reddit
PA and NJ
therankin@reddit
So, like, northern NJ? I say tore too.
Constant-Security525@reddit
Central
therankin@reddit
Ahh, fair enough. That was my thought as the only other option when I sent the response.
vampyire@reddit
yep grew up around there too.. I say it "Tor"
billy310@reddit
California same
aquatic_hamster16@reddit
Same region, same pronunciation.
Libertas_@reddit
Same California
Aggravating-Guest-12@reddit
Same, Virginia
HuckleberryHappy6524@reddit
Like four here too. From Texas.
clunkclunk@reddit
Same pronunciation for me as well. Parents were from Connecticut but I've lived my whole life in California, primarily Northern California. My wife is from Los Angeles and she says it the same way.
wojo1962@reddit
Me as well. I grew up in western PA
sparkpaw@reddit
Same; Georgia.
ArcadiaNoakes@reddit
I'm originally from the same region, and you would be the first person I have heard say it that way. I say it closer to 'sewer'. I did radio in the midwest and SoCal as well.
"The band has 60 dates on the US portion of their world tour"
Constant-Security525@reddit
No one in my family ever pronounced it like sewer and my family had been in the area since the 1700s. I think there are small enclaves within a state that sound unique.
tiger_guppy@reddit
Same, same region too. Tour rhymes with four, tore, bore, door, core, etc.
TheShoot141@reddit
Exact same. Philly area. Tour=Tore
toritxtornado@reddit
same from MD
Top-Comfortable-4789@reddit
I pronounce it the same and I’m from NC
MysteryBelle_NC@reddit
Same for me, also NC.
Unoriginal_UserName9@reddit
yep
katrinakt8@reddit
On the west coast and pronounce it the same.
j_grouchy@reddit
Same.
ssk7882@reddit
Rhymes with 'shore' for me. I'm from the Hudson Valley, in Downstate New York.
part-time-whatever@reddit
Two-er. From WI
Unfair_Koala_9325@reddit
One syllable pronounced “tore”, as in ‘I tore up the paper”. NJ.
Quirky_Commission_56@reddit
Toor. Which was a real bitch to pronounce when I was a kid because I couldn’t pronounce r’s… I sounded like Elmer Fudd.
TooeyAnn@reddit
Toor. From west coast us
Nothingelsematters22@reddit
Two-er. Minnesota
Film_Fairy@reddit
Two-er
Beginning-Piglet-234@reddit
Tawr. NJ
beans8414@reddit
Same as tore, like I tore a paper in two.
East Tennessee
JNorJT@reddit
Tore
Yosoybonitarita@reddit
I’m the shore one.
sics2014@reddit
Shore.
Massachusetts
GradStudent_Helper@reddit
My first wife was from Massachusetts and she pronounced "School" as a two-syllable word: Skoo-well.
As someone born and raised in the Carolinas, I pronounced it Skool (rhymes with "tool" and "fool").
Of course, language was a very minor part of things we did differently. She was raised Catholic and my Dad was a Baptist minister... fun times!
Run_PBJ@reddit
I’m from CT, I say the same. How do you say tournament?
delta_nu@reddit
Same. I even made fun of my husband the other day for saying it like sewer and here we are oops
Bookworm1254@reddit
Also Massachusetts. Also like shore or four.
BrMaCa@reddit
Same
uconnhuskyforever@reddit
I had absolutely no idea there was any other way to say it until a few years ago when I was trying to dictate to my iPhone about planning travel and it could never identify the word.
matthewsmugmanager@reddit
Also Massachusetts, but totally different.
Shore = more = lore = floor
Tour = boor = poor = lure
My next door neighbor would go in this direction:
Shore = showah = lowah
Tour = sewah = poowah
kermitdafrog21@reddit
For me it would be shore=more=lore=floor=tour=poor… And none of those are anywhere near lure lmao
LazerShowRELAX@reddit
Same, exactly like tore
poortomato@reddit
Tore here, too :D
biddily@reddit
But make sure theres less r.
Shoo-ah
Too-ah
CAAugirl@reddit
California: Too-er
Head-Major9768@reddit
Tour like shore -Central Ahia (Ohio)
MortimerDongle@reddit
Two syllables, Pennsylvania
FatsP@reddit
Same, Indiana
FredDurstDestroyer@reddit
Which part, cause that’s definitely not how I say it lol
GoSuckOnACactus@reddit
Was gonna say. I’m from the Philly area and always said it like four.
hootsie@reddit
Yeah but how do you say "four"? (I'm just joking but I imagine something funny like "water" with the philly accent as if that's the normal way).
zozigoll@reddit
Philly here and same.
supershawninspace@reddit
Same… Too-wur, but Southern California my entire life. Interesting…
duchess_of_nothing@reddit
Same..unless I'm singing Gilligan's Island theme.
littlemsshiny@reddit
Omg. That’s how I say it! Wait. Maybe that’s why I say it that way?! I definitely watched Gilligan’s Island growing up and would have sung the word that way more often than saying it like in reference to a band going on tour.
missgiddy@reddit
Same, Utah.
JessicaGriffin@reddit
Same, Oregon.
Altruistic-Willow265@reddit
Same but michi
amandazzle@reddit
Southern Colorado. This is the way. too-er, like sewer.
FourEcho@reddit
Same.
Ohio
xivilex@reddit
Idk why you’re getting downvoted for answering truthfully lmao. I grew up in NE Ohio and that’s how I say it too.
h4baine@reddit
Same here, grew up in Metro Detroit. My husband is English and always repeats the word in my accent when I say tour lol. TEW-ER
Clym44@reddit
You must be from clearfield
man_itsahot_one@reddit
Same. Midwest. MN/SD
ohmighty@reddit
Same. From Colorado
proscriptus@reddit
Same, Vermont.
throwthisawayplsok@reddit
Same, also originally VT
melina26@reddit
Same, also originally VT
Woody_Roger@reddit
Same, Illinois. Actually, somewhere between "Two-er" and "Ture." "Tore" kind of drives me nuts.
thepineapplemen@reddit
How do you say tourist? Is it three syllables for you?
SlothFoc@reddit
Virginia here, yes, it would be three syllables.
feryoooday@reddit
Same, grew up in SoCal
callieeebaucommm@reddit
Same, Missouri
slugo17@reddit
Same, same.
Lexgalmel@reddit
Same, Tennessee
wunuvukynd@reddit
Same here in Texas.
Comfortable_Hall8677@reddit
Same. Florida.
CannonCone@reddit
Same, Oregon
queenweasley@reddit
Same - Washington
jdcardello@reddit
Another "sewer" rhymer here. Two syllables that mush together indistinctly. The vowel in the first syllable is /u/.
I'm from California. One of my parents grew up in upstate New York; same pronunciation, I think.
lock_robster2022@reddit
This is it. Oregon. Who is saying it like “tore”??
MonsieurRuffles@reddit
I pronounce sewer (as in drainage pipe) with one syllable: soor. However, sewer, as in seamstress, would be two: so-er. NYC metro.
Important-Jackfruit9@reddit
Same, Missouri & Illinois
warrenjt@reddit
Same, Indiana
Square-Wing-6273@reddit
This, WNY
dwhite21787@reddit
west part of Maryland
big-bootyjewdy@reddit
Central MD and I say it like four
rockettaco37@reddit
Yup
JBR1961@reddit
Same here. Mostly deep south, now Missouri.
HighFiveKoala@reddit
Same, California
spacefaceclosetomine@reddit
Exactly this, Oklahoma
Sorry-Government920@reddit
Same W
whitegirlofthenorth@reddit
same but washington state
phridoo@reddit
I think I say, "A touring band is on tour," like "A tooring band is on tore." But now I've said it a few times & I think I've forgotten how to speak at all & I've lost my sense of identity, so thanks for that. (the New England state that pronounces most Rs). Detour definitely sounds like deetore.
jjj-thats-me@reddit (OP)
My husband and I forgot how we say it, we’ve discussed it so much this week
phridoo@reddit
In my desperation, I asked my partner how they say it, but they're British, so I have no idea why I thought that input would be useful.
OGMom2022@reddit
Tennessee “tor”
ShinyAppleScoop@reddit
Depends on context. "The Eras Toor" but I would say "Too-er bus." St. Louis area of Missouri.
KCalifornia19@reddit
The lazy way: "t-oor"
RelevantJackWhite@reddit
Same. Like the "oo" in "school" or "balloon"
risky_bisket@reddit
Wait those two words are different for me
RelevantJackWhite@reddit
interesting! for me they both rhyme with "ooh". what about you?
risky_bisket@reddit
Balloon, goon, moon, tune, rune, soon
School, pool, cool, rule, tool, full
UndertaleErin@reddit
same,. except im in jersey
thatG_evanP@reddit
What?!
robinhood125@reddit
Full is the same sound as pool for you??
send_me_potatoes@reddit
They have different tones. Fool is a little higher.
Admirable_Cucumber75@reddit
Context clues 🤣🤣🤣
Admirable_Cucumber75@reddit
Texas in the house!!! I’m going on tour, this is year four, now I’m sure, mop the floor, close the door, pass out the brochure. All pronounced the same. Expect for a little roll on the R in floor when I read this aloud.
kidfromdc@reddit
School is more like cool and balloon has an almost ew sound for me
BUBBAH-BAYUTH@reddit
From NC, I say it like “tore”
BubbhaJebus@reddit
And this is how it's supposed to be pronounced. "tore" is an abomination.
littlemsshiny@reddit
Same. From Southern CA!
alexjpg@reddit
Same! Also from the Bay.
ilrosewood@reddit
How dare you. Also this is my answer.
kevykev1967@reddit
Texas says it this way too.
achaedia@reddit
Same here!
nightowl_work@reddit
like the second syllable in "couture"
PacSan300@reddit
Exactly how I pronounce it.
UnicornForeverK@reddit
As an AMERICAN, I pronounce it the correct way, and anyone who disagrees is probably a COMMUNIST
Anyway it rhymes with sore and I'm in the Midwest
cookingismything@reddit
I’m from Chicago. For me Tour rhythms with Door
Ace-of-Wolves@reddit
Apparently it's supposed to be pronounced "toor" (like saying "to or" together really fast).
I've always pronounced it "tor" xD
[FYI, I'm from the Chicago-suburbs; lived here my whole life. Always at least 25+ miles from downtown.]
FSGgrace@reddit
Shore, poor, tore. Connecticut.
Efficient_Wheel_6333@reddit
I pronounce it the same as you do. From Ohio (lived here for nearly 20 years) and lived in Michigan for 21 years.
DamagedEctoplasm@reddit
Very similar to how Raphie from The Soprano’s says whore lol
CaptainWampum@reddit
Two-er. Outside Seattle
alyanng44@reddit
Too-ur. Minnesota
Ok-Signal-8295@reddit
Sewer
Ok-Needleworker-4481@reddit
Rhymes with four. Texas.
Live_Badger7941@reddit
I'm from Maine. Rhymes with "shore" for me.
eman282828@reddit
Two-oar and I'm from NorCal
LLM_54@reddit
Like door but with a T instead of a D
Jorost@reddit
To rhyme with “door.” Massachusetts.
Ayangar@reddit
Tour=tore
oldfarmjoy@reddit
Too-er. 2 syllables.
Gashi_The_Fangirl_75@reddit
It depends on the context I’m using the word in.
“Yeah, they wanted to take us on a three hour toor.” tour like boor
“So are we good to head over and tore the place?” tour like poor
helloyournameis@reddit
Two-urrr
racqueteer@reddit
Too-er Mizz-oori
strayainind@reddit
Two-uh
I'm also an Aussie living in the Midwest.
trouble_ann@reddit
Too-rr, there's a subtle diphthong with slight emphasis on the first syllable. I'm from the Midwest
SharkNecromancy@reddit
Like four, Southwestern Pennsylvania, border of Ohio and West Virginia
fuzzycuffs@reddit
Toor, southern California
QueenMamaBlackMYR@reddit
Two-er SC
DonChino17@reddit
2’er. From South Georgia. Like sewer like you said.
ReasonableSal@reddit
Same, Michigan native
ImaRiskit@reddit
North Alabama ,.same.
LitFan101@reddit
Atlanta and same- twoer
habitualcharliestep@reddit
Damn im born and raised Atlanta and im ‘tore.’ Just kinda drawwwn out of course haha
plastictoothpicks@reddit
Same in the PNW
TexGardenGirl@reddit
Same here. Grew up in Dallas but mom’s parents were from Buffalo and southern Ontario and i know I did get a few pronunciations from them. (Like “sorry” - I said it the Canadian way well into adulthood until I realized literally no one around me besides my mom’s family said it that way.) Also tourist I say like tur-ist, not too-er-ist. Someone else mentioned they also say tool the same way - too-el. I do this too, but when I say toolbox the tool part is usually just one syllable.
moonwillow60606@reddit
Same - NC native.
ohhmybecky@reddit
Yep. South Carolina, I say it this way! Couldn’t figure out how to write it though.
Trashyanon089@reddit
Same.
hobbitfeetpete@reddit
Same in Missouri
glitzglamglue@reddit
Same, Arkansas
theflyinghillbilly2@reddit
Same, Arkansas. Unless I’m trying to neutralize my accent, then I might say “toor”.
Same_Frosting4621@reddit
Same. Live in Indiana, grew up in GA
EmiraTheRed@reddit
Dallas, same. 2’er
YaThinkYerSlickDoYa@reddit
Same. Midlands South Carolina.
okefenokeeguide@reddit
Same, also south Georgia!
aweiss_sf@reddit
Same. Detroit.
doodynutz@reddit
Same in Kentucky.
MeanderFlanders@reddit
Same. Southwest USA/Tx
mrsfunkyjunk@reddit
Tour like shore from Texas.
MindlesslyScrolling1@reddit
Shore.
I’m from South Florida.
Run_PBJ@reddit
From CT. Tour is pronounced like Tore, but a tournament is ter-na-mint
Mushrooming247@reddit
Just like “tore,” and “Tor”.
It rhymes with Thor.
Pennsylvania in the northeastern USA.
Sea-Meringue444@reddit
One syllable. Like tore, four or shore. Boston East Coast.
morphousgas@reddit
Massachusetts, tour, tore, four, more.
TopCombination9978@reddit
Two-er. Pacific northwest
HoneyWyne@reddit
Tor
bienenstush@reddit
Toar. From the northeast
BubbhaJebus@reddit
Toe-er?
bienenstush@reddit
Nooo. More like "Tor," single syllable
SweetPotatoPandaPie@reddit
One syllable rhyming with "four", Ohio
discsarentpogs@reddit
Same as four but not the same as I pronounce tournament which I pronounce like turn. Texas by way of Alabama/Florida
ThrowawayMod1989@reddit
Tor.
imgomez@reddit
Toor. Rhymes with lure and sewer, but not quite two syllables
willtag70@reddit
Listen to how Google Translate pronounces it. Definitely not "tore", very close to "sewer". Also, tournament is turn-ament, not torn-ament.
boonies1414@reddit
“Tour” - Louisiana
theAshleyRouge@reddit
Tour rhymes with four to me. South eastern
Bastette54@reddit
Rhymes with “four.” One syllable. Boston area.
makingmagic2023@reddit
I didn't know there was more than one way.
Apprehensive-Essay85@reddit
Tour rhyming with sewer reminds me of how people say “aren’t” as are-unt and “weren’t” are were~unt. My young kids say it and I thought it’s bc we live in Houston, but I heard someone from Long Island say it too.
I don’t throw in extra syllables - “toor” it is. But I grew up speaking British English.
nadacloo@reddit
Rhymes with 'sure'. Upper Midwest/Great Lakes.
profesoarchaos@reddit
“Too-wer” like the word “pour” pronounced “po-wer” or “four” pronounced “fo-wer” with two distinct syllables. -Mainer
blueraspberryicepop@reddit
Rhymes with "sewer" also. Palmetto State
outofcontextsex@reddit
T-or Tennessee
One-Cookie2115@reddit
Tor. Just like I pronounce four (for). I’m from southern Appalachia.
RazorDrop74@reddit
Tew-er. Midwest
neutralcalculation@reddit
two-er. i’m in texas.
Vegetable-Praline-57@reddit
Tour, like your. I’m from Texas.
I work in the oilfield and they pronounce it as “tower” and it drives me insane. It refers to your 12 hour shift. Day Tour, or Night Tour (“tower”) ugh, just spell it like tower if that’s how you want to say it!!!
Emuman7@reddit
NYC. Tore.
BleppingCats@reddit
I'm from Utah. For me it's "too-er".
cairnschaos@reddit
Toor - Scotland
muddy19@reddit
Two-er, Washington State
LinaZou@reddit
Too-er: St Louis
Imaginary_Roof_5286@reddit
Toor or two-r. Fourth generation Southern Californian, but my other was a midwesterner, so some of our family culture was mor Midwest.
thePh3onix@reddit
Washington, “tore”, like four or shore
feliniaCR@reddit
Rhymes with Shore - from the mid-Atlantic part of the US
praetorian1979@reddit
Listen to Craig Shoemaker. He has an entire bit about this.
Awkward-Speed-4080@reddit
I pronounce it like "four". I'm from Southern California.
justagirl1112@reddit
It’s Tour as in tore.
boarhowl@reddit
2-er like sewer
California
BubbhaJebus@reddit
Proper.
Disastrous_Pear6473@reddit
“Tore”
StudioDroid@reddit
NoCal and I say twoer. Have not been around that other pronunciation much.
BubbhaJebus@reddit
NorCal here too. Also "two-er". I have heard some people (not from my area) say "tore" and I find it grating. Do they also sat "tore-ist"? That'd be just wrong.
CPolland12@reddit
In Texas… closer to rhyming with shore
Rengeflower@reddit
Another Texan here. Rhymes with your.
BubbhaJebus@reddit
I say "your" like "yer".
Rengeflower@reddit
I say your like the word oar with a y in front of it.
emeryldmist@reddit
Texan here - it's two-er.
GaymerGuy47@reddit
"tore". Anyone who says it like "sewer" makes me cringe.
musiclovermina@reddit
I have literally never heard anyone pronounce it like "sewer" and this whole thread legitimately has me confused
Coiffed_One@reddit
Very southern trait to add an extra w or y in the middle of a monosyllabic.
Door - dawer Help - hayelp There - thayer
BaseballNo916@reddit
Same.
Altruistic-Willow265@reddit
Bro has never been to the great lakes region, also look up how to pronounce it on Google translate it clearly is two-er lol
altsteve21@reddit
So the accepted pronunciation used by Great Britain, Canada, the Midwest, West Coast etc makes you cringe?
Coiffed_One@reddit
Toor like door
hootsie@reddit
Tour Four Whore Boar Bore More Shore Thor S'more Chore Floor Score Door Drawer (this one is the demarcation between CT (where I grew up) and RI (where I live currently))
vacuum_tubes@reddit
Sewer. NorCal.
Instruction-Fabulous@reddit
Tor. Like Tor browser. From the south
Non-Current_Events@reddit
Like two-er. Grew up in Atlanta, live in Kentucky.
Silver_Catman@reddit
Rhymes with Shore, Arizona
realist-humanbeing@reddit
Too er from va
Sweet_Voltage@reddit
Two'r
From West Michigan.
muddyshoes_throwaway@reddit
Too-er, upstate NY in the US
JustABizzle@reddit
Too-wer
PNW, born and raised in Alaska.
distracted_x@reddit
Too err rhymes with sewer same as you. Midwest US.
PaleDreamer_1969@reddit
T-oar. Missouri Midwest
justpuddingonhairs@reddit
"Ter" - East Bay Northern California
MyTherapistSaysHi@reddit
Two syllables, tew-ur
Complex_Management87@reddit
Too-er…Rocky Mountain region.
stangAce20@reddit
Tore
provinground@reddit
Four. Oklahoma/ Colorado
SnooRevelations3603@reddit
Too-er. I've always lived in Western states.
holiestcannoly@reddit
Tour, sounds like tore and the number four. I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ZeldaHylia@reddit
Tour is the same as tore. I’m from NE FL
Sean081799@reddit
Rhymes with "sewer", Minnesota.
Lumpy_Branch_552@reddit
Same
DailyYawn@reddit
My wife’s grandmother (from Minnesota) would say it “turr.”
Lumpy_Branch_552@reddit
Hmmmmmm that grandmother-in-law of yours, she’s a special one
deltarefund@reddit
Too-er MN
Whose_my_daddy@reddit
Rhymes with chewer
favouritemistake@reddit
Too-er. PNW region
GeekyPassion@reddit
Tore KY
WakingOwl1@reddit
The same as four. Lifelong New Englander.
IOrocketscience@reddit
Rhymes with sewer for me, grew up in central North Carolina, then 7 years in the Appalachians of Southwest Virginia, then almost 20 in Maryland (Baltimore-DC Metro area)
leesainmi@reddit
Tour like four (tor / for) - from Michigan
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
Like for, but with the subtlest hint of the u.
babuska_007@reddit
tʊr
(ʊ being near-close near-back rounded vowel u)
VictorianPeorian@reddit
In central Illinois it rhymes with sewer.
helmstedtler@reddit
“tore”, norcal
Capable_Possible_687@reddit
Tore. Kentucky
examinat@reddit
Like “tore.” From MA.
mspolytheist@reddit
Pronounced like “shore” or “four.” I was born and raised in the New York metro area (Brooklyn and Long Island), and now live in Philly. Never heard it pronounced like “sewer”!
Jasbatt@reddit
Ohio: agree “TWO-er” is correct. But all the young folks say “Tore” which I can’t stand!!
ibrahim0000000@reddit
“t-oor” is how we say it in North Carolina, and that’s the same pronunciation in French.
blumieplume@reddit
Like your
Gravbar@reddit
tour rhymes with shore here. It uses the sound /ɔ/. I'm from coastal New England.
my_metrocard@reddit
Rhymes with shore. New York.
Bbminor7th@reddit
I used to produce TV commercials, and one of my clients was Lourdes Hospital. Locally, it was pronounced "loo-erds", but when I sent ad copy to our voice over talent, who lived in Pittsburgh, PA, she sent back the audio file where she pronounced the name of the hospital as "lords."
Threeboxerlover@reddit
Tour like your and four. Outside Philadelphia
Smart_Engine_3331@reddit
Ohio. Rhymes with shore.
Timely-Youth-9074@reddit
Toor, long u sound.
California, north and south.
TheLoneliestGhost@reddit
Just like ‘tore’. Appalachia.
Bubbly-End-6156@reddit
Too-or, two syllables for this over annunciator
normalman2@reddit
Too-er. From Texas, live in Colorado
Ozma1977@reddit
Same. Live in Austin, TX
AmorphousSolid@reddit
two-er… Georgia
meetjoehomo@reddit
Two-er Indiana
Hanox13@reddit
On the rigs we used “tower”
In normal people language, it’s pronounced tour.
pidgeon-eater-69@reddit
texas. rhymes with “her”
“ter”
Burial4TetThomYorke@reddit
Toor or Too-er
teslaactual@reddit
Two-er Utah
chicken______nuggets@reddit
The sewer one — Pacific Northwest
TheOfficialKramer@reddit
Tour like four. I'm in Western Pennsylvania.
Derplord4000@reddit
I used to say tour like four, and still do occasionally. But since I always heard everyone else say tour like sewer, I started saying it like that as well.
RandomPaw@reddit
I pronounced tour to rhyme with boor and you're. More tewr than tewer, but a lot closer to that than tore. I'm in Illinois.
Matchboxx@reddit
Like shore. I grew up in West Virginia.
One of my doctors is from Michigan and says it like sewer.
ilPrezidente@reddit
I grew up in the north, and lived in WV for a while. People would correct me on my "tewer" pronunciation and it blew my mind that people say it any differently, and I was the weird one in that situation
Altruistic-Willow265@reddit
Tewer is the only way to say in michi
People_Do_This@reddit
WV also, like door.
Hot-Ad930@reddit
Toor. Raised in WNY, now in VA
DifficultSmile7027@reddit
Toor.
SaoirseLikeInertia@reddit
The same as tore.
NJ, raised by New Yorkers. Have lived in Seattle, Pennsylvania and New Orleans.
willtag70@reddit
Ture, like pure. The "tore" version sounds New England to me.
Rdtackle82@reddit
Haha I think your example might be a tad off, unless you actually "tyur"?
willtag70@reddit
No, it's like sure, pure, cure, lure, One longish syllable.
BubbhaJebus@reddit
sher, pew-er, kew-er, loo-er
willtag70@reddit
Only examples of rhyming words, didn't mean they are identical. The ending sound is close, as a contrast to tore
Rdtackle82@reddit
Your pronunciations are including examples with a pronounced "y" in them—it's what's confusing me and others.
Saying "tour" it's like "pure" either means you say:
"T'YER" (one syllable)
or
"POO-er for pure.
And I doubt you do either, haha. Hopefully.
willtag70@reddit
Here you go:
https://k2s.cc/file/6ecaf99c68515/tour_sure_pure.mp4
Rdtackle82@reddit
Ha! Thanks for doing that. Yeah I promise I wasn't just being nitpicky, I think you understand my point about the "y" in "pure" or "cure" not existing in "tour" or "sure".
willtag70@reddit
Sure, NP. They're a bit different but close, and not like tore.
katrinakt8@reddit
Interesting. I pronounce sure different than pure and cure.
willtag70@reddit
You say it more like shore? I hear that, but it also sounds a bit off to me. :)
NSNick@reddit
Midwest here. I'd say "shurr", "pyure", "cyure", and "loor".
willtag70@reddit
Yeah, I can hear slight differences, but much closer to tour, than tore like oar.
NSNick@reddit
Yeah, same here. I'd say it rhymes with lure.
katrinakt8@reddit
I pronounce tour more like shore. I pronounce sure kinda like fir/fur.
willtag70@reddit
Ah, yeah, got it. Like sher. I probably use that short version at times as well.
cheesymoonshadow@reddit
I think you and I pronounce them the same:
shr (very short vowel sound)
pyooor (longer vowel sound)
toor (medium-length vowel sound)
katrinakt8@reddit
Yep exactly.
MattinglyDineen@reddit
sure and lure rhyme with each other the way I say them, but they don’t rhyme with pure and cure.
Horangi1987@reddit
Those words do not rhyme for a lot of people so it’s a little odd to see the statement ‘it’s like ____’ for this instance.
For me:
Sure = sher Pure = pyur (pi-yoo-er, but mashed together) Cure = cyur (rhymes with my description of pure above) Lure = loo-er Tour = too-er
willtag70@reddit
Agree there are subtle differences, but to me they are close and rhyme, quite different than tour pronounced tore. I realize some people say sure and pure shortened as sher and pyur, but I typically don't.
MagicalPizza21@reddit
I don't pronounce all of those words the same, so this doesn't help me understand it at all. Can you spell it the way you pronounce it?
Sher/shoor, pyurr, kyoor, loor
willtag70@reddit
Shoor, not sher, although I may use the short version at at times. Pure is harder to write phonetically, but the way I say it is more stretched out like pewer, the short version more rhymes with purr. Same with cure, I say cewer more like sewer, than like purr. That help?
MagicalPizza21@reddit
Somewhat. So do you say toor or tewer?
willtag70@reddit
I say toor, more one longish syllable than sewer which is more sue-er.
MagicalPizza21@reddit
Same
Disastrous_Fault_511@reddit
Me, too! From Arkansas
NIN10DOXD@reddit
Interesting. I say tore.
I_amnotanonion@reddit
Grew up in NC, say it tore as well
eugenesbluegenes@reddit
Whoa
Prowindowlicker@reddit
Ya I say it the same. Unless I’m singing it then it’s two syllables.
2quacklikeaduck@reddit
Ter. Or tur. Michigan.
Burnblast277@reddit
From the south east and it rhymes with shore, soar, sore, poor, and more
InevitableWaluigi@reddit
Depends on the use. Talking about a band tour? Like four.
Talking about being shown around a place? Like too-er.
I'm from Kansas
Slight_Literature_67@reddit
Two-er. Northwest Indiana.
AvaSpelledBackwards2@reddit
I’m from the NYC area and I say it the way you do
Busch_Leaguer@reddit
Too-ur
Little_Parfait8082@reddit
Tew er, rhymes with newer. Colorado
Loud_Ad_4515@reddit
Toor
(Texas raised, with Midwestern parents, but I'm a Francophile. "Ou" is oo, like boutique and bouquet.)
Pochaloni@reddit
I am from Texas and would rhyme it with lure.
Sweet_Voice_7298@reddit
Too-er. Oregon.
SignificantBends@reddit
Neither. For me, it's like "toor"
flowerodell@reddit
Two-er — Chicago area
ToBePacific@reddit
Two-er? Toor?
Wisconsin but unsure what I sound like when I say it.
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
Rhymes with "sewer"?
ToBePacific@reddit
Kind of, but more of a single syllable. Toor, with an “ooh” sound like in boot and root, but directly ending in an “r”, not a second syllable “er.”
ChimneyPrism@reddit
Two-er, Midwest raised now in NY.
Mysterious-Ad7225@reddit
NJ, Tour rhymes with four and you can't tell my otherwise
Adventurous-Window30@reddit
Tour-rhymes with sewer Southwestern Virginia
GirsGirlfriend@reddit
Like pour
emotional_lemon8@reddit
Tour rhyming with four. 1 syllable. Northeast US.
nocranberries@reddit
Toor, like poor or bore. Oregon.
Life_Cranberry_6567@reddit
Too-er but one syllable.
Grew up in Arizona and have lived in Utah, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and have been in Massachusetts now for 18 years. Who knows what kind of cockamamie, twisted, hybrid of an accent I have now.
boopbaboop@reddit
Rhymes with “door.” New England.
basscubed@reddit
Two-er Texas
ToastetteEgg@reddit
Too-r
Comfortable_Date6945@reddit
Too-er, Missouri
ktp806@reddit
Tore scran un P A
Hour_Travel9262@reddit
Two-er, Indiana
JohnSwindle@reddit
For me it rhymes with "poor" and does not rhyme with "pure," "shore," or "sewer." I don't have a very good command of IPA, but I think I say /tʊɹ/ . Raised in Kansas, resident in Hawaii.
scharity77@reddit
Too-ah. From NYC 🗽
nilecrane@reddit
Two-er. NY
Groundbreaking-Bar89@reddit
Tour
too-er
Groundbreaking-Bar89@reddit
Iowa
Gordita_Chele@reddit
Like shore — Central Texas
Optimal-Cranberry563@reddit
Tour/Four- Las Vegas,NV
Moose-Public@reddit
On Long Island we say TORE
TOr one syllable.
Rhymes with oar, floor, boar, store, more, poor, door, and drawer.
All the same 🤣
stingthisgordon@reddit
chicago area, I say it more like “tore” but its a little in between. I sometimes say it like “sewer” I guess it just depends on if I am thinking about it. Tore is more natural for me
Venusdeathtrap99@reddit
Tour and tore are identical twins in my mouth and Boston
p1p68@reddit
Tour/shore british so the correct way as it's our language😀
shadowmib@reddit
Two-er
clearly_not_an_alt@reddit
I pronounce it like your audiobook.
Any_Assumption_2023@reddit
Tore, like a torn fabric. North Carolina.
cbrooks97@reddit
Rhymes with "sure".
BubbhaJebus@reddit
"turr"? As in "turn" without the N?
Wolfman1961@reddit
NYC: “Ture”.
BubbhaJebus@reddit
"tcherr" as in "aperture" or "legislature"?
Responsible-Rich-202@reddit
similar to "two were" but lower emphasis on the w in were
Responsible-Rich-202@reddit
Kinesis
judijo621@reddit
3rd generation Southern California:
"Too er" with NO syllable separation
Awhitehill1992@reddit
Tour, rhymes with sewer. PNW, Washington state.
BubbhaJebus@reddit
"too-er". Bay Area, California. Rhyming with "lure", "newer", "doer".
"tore" is simply wrong.
Sapphire_Dreams1024@reddit
Like tore, from southern New England
MissDisplaced@reddit
Toor - PA
Angsty_Potatos@reddit
"tor" rhymes with oar.
Philly
JasminJaded@reddit
Rhymes with sure. Subtle distinction from your word.
I’m in the Rockies.
HellaTroi@reddit
"Our" with a T at the beginning.
Northern California.
Severe_Context924@reddit
Shore four gore bore door whore moor nor or poor pour sore core tore yore all rhyme with tour for me
FoxyLady52@reddit
AI will do that. Drives me nuts.
theirishdoughnut@reddit
Both tore and toower. Depending on if someone is going on a guided tour or just touring the local haunts. Idk where I picked it up from. I live in upstate NY but my mom’s from new jersey and my other mom’s from Arizona
Goodlife1988@reddit
Tuir Missouri
Psychological-Can594@reddit
toor/poor/bore - georgia! so just imagine someone saying four like Boomhouer
Traditional_Ant_2662@reddit
Two-r. Arizona USA
ChumpChainge@reddit
Toor
TheArizonaRanger451@reddit
Shore
WeirEverywhere802@reddit
My wife from long island says it this way. Makes me crazy
snoopy_88@reddit
apparently like everyone else
thescoopsnoop@reddit
Tore.
Consistent_Damage885@reddit
Two-r one syllable like the number two with an e on the end. Colorado. I hear people on TV say a different O sound more like the word tore that sounds really wrong to me. I don't remember ever hearing it pronounced that way until fairly recently, like the last fifteen years.
youlikethatish@reddit
Two-er...Kentucky
Blahkbustuh@reddit
Wisconsin/Illinois, "tour" rhymes with "four".
Now do "coupon"
Bully3510@reddit
Like the "ou" in "you"
makethebadpeoplestop@reddit
Toor rhyming with Moor, poor, etc. Florida
n0t_4_thr0w4w4y@reddit
Too-er, mountain west
sfdsquid@reddit
Northern New England. Tour, pour, your, tour, ore, sore.
GingerAndProudOfIt@reddit
Tour like the number four (lifelong Bostonian)
Palaeonerd@reddit
Arizona, tour just like you do four.
enstillhet@reddit
Tour rhymes with shore, it also rhymes with sure. And bore. Hoar and... you get the idea.
Also in my accent none of those word final /r/ sounds are pronounced.
Maine.
kaleb2959@reddit
Just wait till you hear someone pronounce it "tar."
(I also pronounce it to sort-of rhyme with "sewer," but the initial vowel is slightly different.)
DrPepperMalpractice@reddit
Hell yeah, love me an old timer Saint Louis accent. The Card-Cord merger is such a unique dialect trait that very few folks still have in the US.
kaleb2959@reddit
When I lived in Springfield, some people I knew there had it. This was 35-40 years ago.
Paccuardi03@reddit
It depends on how I last heard it pronounced
jayyy_0113@reddit
Tour like door. Alabama native.
GayAssBeagle@reddit
Oh Teer!
HICVI15@reddit
Tour---------(sure)???
hamburgergerald@reddit
Tour, like four, or “shore” going by your example.
Lived in Maryland for near 40 years, not far from DC.
DOMSdeluise@reddit
I say tore and ture
Such-Patience-5111@reddit
Same, from texas
twoscoopsofpig@reddit
too-er, Houston
TheresaB112@reddit
Born and raised in the suburbs of Boston, I pronounce it like four.
Bulky-Fox7257@reddit
Too-er
ButterFace225@reddit
Like "shore", "four", or "more", I am from southwest Alabama. If someone has a thicker accent, they would say it like "tow".
FionaTheFierce@reddit
Too-er (Michigan)
Dated someone who insisted it was pronounced "tore." (PA)
moooeymoo@reddit
Toor. MN/WI
seecarlytrip@reddit
Rhymes with shore or four - TX
Longjumping_Event_59@reddit
Too-wuhr. See my flair.
hamstergirl55@reddit
I would say I pronounce it in a way that rhymes with “lure”
SkiMonkey98@reddit
Halfway between Tor and Too-er. Grew up mostly in Maine, partly in Massachusetts
shammy_dammy@reddit
Hard to explain but kind a mix of both... toe'er. And as for where I'm from...I'm a military brat that moved a lot during my language acquisition years.
MrTeacher_MCPS@reddit
Like “pour,” and I’m from Maryland
ChipHighlark@reddit
Toire ... Kinda like noire but with a T
Wut23456@reddit
Rhymes with "four", I'm from Northern California
Lady-Kat1969@reddit
Mainer, and “tour” rhymes with “shore”.
kgxv@reddit
Like pour/pore/tore. I live on Long Island (New York).
poortomato@reddit
I'm from LI, too! And pronounce it like that, as well 😊 also more/four/fore/for/shore but not sure (which is like shur to me).
I'm just excited about your comment because there's too many "2ers/tewers" in this thread 😅
GroundbreakingAge254@reddit
“Tore” - rhymes with four, oar, more, etc.
I’m from South Florida.
BabaMouse@reddit
Too’rrr. NorCal
drewcandraw@reddit
Tour, like sewer. Grew up in the Chicago suburbs, lived various spots in the Midwest, Los Angeles as an adult.
Super_Appearance_212@reddit
Two-er. Michigan.
MoreMarshmallows@reddit
Rhymes with four. Originally from Washington DC area, now in NYC.
Feather757@reddit
Rhymes with Sewer. I'm from Michigan.
GreatNorthWater@reddit
Interesting! I'm from Michigan and pronounce it like shore (and four). I've lived in both metro Detroit and Grand Rapids and never felt like I've been saying in different, but now it's making me second guess myself. What part of Michigan are you from?
pgcooldad@reddit
Detroit area - ture as in pure.
BottleTemple@reddit
Fly your Michigan flaeg with pride.
herculeslouise@reddit
Two-er. Minnesota
realmaven666@reddit
little like to-oar but really run together so it is almost “tore”
Aev_ACNH@reddit
Tour as in one syllable , rhymes with sure
ScooterZine@reddit
"toor" rhymes with poor. I'm from the Arizona/New Mexico region.
goldenrod1956@reddit
Rhymes with ‘your’; Central California…
lakeorjanzo@reddit
i’m from New Hampshire and would say it the same where i say “tore”
knutt-in-my-butt@reddit
How I say it rhymes with floor, door, shore, snore, core, etc
throwawaygiusto1@reddit
Two-urrr. North Texas.
Moonlight_Acid@reddit
Tore
Moonlight_Acid@reddit
Toor
KweenieQ@reddit
Somewhere between fore and sewer. Tore and tour don't quite sound the same. Neither do pore and pour. Tore rhymes with shore. Tour's vowel sound is a soft glide between "oo" and "oh". Still one syllable.
I grew up in New York City but have lived in the upper Southeast for over 40 years.
ValhallaMama@reddit
Too-er. SE Ohio so usually our accent is perceived as a mix of Midwest and WV lite.
thriller1122@reddit
I'm from New England, my parents are from Cleveland and I will do both. For example, its the PGA Tour (shore) but you take a tour (sewer) of the White House.
curtiss_mac@reddit
too-er, Highline Montana.
CatchMeIfYouCan09@reddit
Two- Er
Raised in California; Now in Texas for 17yrs
VeggieMeatTM@reddit
Rhymes with "dur" - Rural Oklahoma
wordet9@reddit
Too-er Kansas
jake63vw@reddit
Like "tor". West coast
BuyThisUsername420@reddit
Tore-er
rkoehn7341@reddit
Two-er Tennessee
dave_stolte@reddit
One syllable “toor” California
Luzithemouse@reddit
Same. So Cal
CleverGirlRawr@reddit
SoCal 2 syllable two-er here
sevenpixieoverlords@reddit
SoCal native, also two-er
Luzithemouse@reddit
Interesting. I am also a So Cal native (L.A.) but grew up speaking both English (my first language) and Spanish. I wonder if that makes a difference.
ShakataGaNai@reddit
Nor-cal also same.
Objective-Note-8095@reddit
Yup, Valley kid.
RebelAlliance05@reddit
Like four. Had an argument at work about this literally a month ago. It’s not two-er. It’s tore!! Born in Arkansas.
Western-Bus-1305@reddit
Two-er. I’m from Oklahoma
Flairion623@reddit
Sort of a hybrid between the two you mentioned. I’m from southern California but have a slight southern accent thanks to my dad being from Georgia
dgmilo8085@reddit
California: Toor
schmelk1000@reddit
I use both ways. I think I lean more into “tour” rhyming with “sewer” but without the hard ‘-er’ ending. So, maybe more closely rhyming with the word “sure”? Saying it out loud, I sound like I’m saying “Two-errr” if that makes sense.
But, I’m midwestern, so I like to drop the “R” at the end of words or just not pronounce it heavily.
SpookyBeck@reddit
Ike your. Alabama.
comma-momma@reddit
I've said this out loud to myself several times, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm in between tore and two-er.
USA Midwest (with some northeast influence)
Reading1973@reddit
I pronounce it "toor" and I am from Northern Virginia.
Familiar_Raise234@reddit
Toor. SE PA.
grangpang@reddit
Too-eR
afternoonmimbing@reddit
It seems like I'm the odd one out here. I pronounce it Tur. "My favorite band is going on tur" Virginia
Disastrous_Fault_511@reddit
Same!
maddox-monroe@reddit
I say it the way the gilligans island theme song singer says it.
Other-Opposite-6222@reddit
T-whore . Appalachian accent in TN
Disastrous_Fault_511@reddit
Terr (rhymes with per) - from Arkansas
TankDestroyerSarg@reddit
Two-Err. Great Lakes
mr_lockwork@reddit
Rhymes with "shore" - southern midwest
Conscious-Holiday-76@reddit
Rhymes with swore. Midwest
Snizzledizzlemcfizzl@reddit
Toor unless I've been drinking, then it's turr
YamLow8097@reddit
Same way as “tore”.
silliestboots@reddit
Two-er. Northwestern Georgia.
Affectionate_Sock528@reddit
One syllable, rhymes with oar, more, for, score….tour. I’m from Utah
Saturnine_sunshines@reddit
Too-er. Michigan.
AufDerGalerie@reddit
I pronounce it as a two syllable word, “ 2 ur,” with the emphasis on the 2.
I live in NY. I grew up in the Great Plains
art_1922@reddit
I think it’s so cute when people pronounce it tewer. I’m from Maine and I say tour (like shore).
thoughty5@reddit
sewer for me. What are we talking about?
AdImmediate9569@reddit
Tour. Like tour. New york.
kilroy-was-here-2543@reddit
Tore, like your tearing paper
Old_Palpitation_6535@reddit
Too-r. One syllable.
Originally from northern Alabama.
freetradeallosaurus@reddit
[tʰʊɚ] FL
Living_Watercress@reddit
Toe Or: indiana
RichLeadership2807@reddit
Two-er
Fire_Mission@reddit
Tour, like toor. South east.
eugwara@reddit
Tore, Ohio
Potential_One1@reddit
two-er. From Wisconsin but been in Nashville since I was 12
jellydonutstealer@reddit
It’s monosyllabic. Tour, not rhyming with sewer. I’m from California.
Sleepygirl57@reddit
Indiana rhymes with your.
FishingWorth3068@reddit
Like door. Texas originally. Now NC
Learned-Dr-T@reddit
NC by way of DC, Denver, Indiana, and Massachusetts: I say it like “four”
DMDingo@reddit
Like tore. Illinois born and raised.
MidnightNo1766@reddit
Like "toor" and I'm from Michigan
Manatee369@reddit
Toor, southeast
Kennedysfatcousin@reddit
like this. MO- USA
amltecrec@reddit
I pronounce it as "two-er." Born and raised in California, currently live in North Carolina.
RedditSkippy@reddit
Was the narrator trying to impersonate a Boston accent? That’s the only reason I could possibly imagine for that pronunciation. “Tour” in a strong Boston accent would be like “shore” (except “shore” in a strong Boston accent sounds like, “sho-ah.”)
junkman21@reddit
"Tore" like "four" or "pour" or "your" - NY
notsosecretshipper@reddit
One syllable, rhymes with four. I'm from SE Indiana/SW Ohio.
twintomelissa@reddit
Touah
I’m from Lawn Guyland
PghSubie@reddit
Western PA here, close to sewer but with a less pronounced second syllable
AnymooseProphet@reddit
So that it rhymes with "four" or "Lore" or "soar".
California, SFBA
Impossible_1111@reddit
Like tore. Ohio
carpathian_crow@reddit
I pronounce it “tour”. The correct PNW way.
Don’t know how to spell it phonetically, never thought about it.
jreashville@reddit
Rhymes with “four”. I’m from the deep south but my parents are from Baltimore and I have a mixed accent.
bellesearching_901@reddit
Like your with a t
2xButtchuggChamp@reddit
Tore - Illinois growing up, recently MO
Forsythia77@reddit
Tour rhymes with four, your, more and bore. I'm from Chicago via NW Indiana.
imalittlefrenchpress@reddit
TOO-wah. Born and raised in NYC.
water_bug425@reddit
Two-er from VA Husband says Tor (like door) from MA (I didn’t understand what he meant when he said he was a “tor” guide in college)
TechnologyDragon6973@reddit
Like the word “two” with an R on the end of it.
vcvcf1896@reddit
two-or, but I say it so fast it sounds like one syllable.
krzykris11@reddit
I had a boss, from NC, that said tour as 'ter.' He was a great boss, my best one ever. He was a big, 'ole, tough SOB, but genuinely cared about his people. He retired and I saw him at his wife's funeral about three years later. He had weight loss surgery and looked completely different after losing about 200 pounds. A few more years and he was a woman. He was the last guy I would have expected, and at that age. I was surprised about how many longtime friends disowned him. It was hard for me to understand, but ultimately he was still the same person to me. I was happy that he was happy.
brandonisatwat@reddit
Turr, rhymes with purr. And I'm from the state of Georgia.
Kenintf@reddit
From California, parents from Chicago/rural Arkansas. I say "two-er." A life-long friend born in West Virginia but raised in California says "tore." Both his parents are from West Virginia. They speak with noticeable accents; he does not, generally, with some exceptions.
nooutlaw4me@reddit
Like poor. NJ
1biggeek@reddit
Rhymes with four. Originally from NJ and NY. Live in Florida now and it’s said the same.
pastryfiend@reddit
Mid Atlantic for 30 years, pronounced "tore" grew up in Maine were it was "tow-ah"
petulafaerie_IV@reddit
Tour, I say it like your/four/pour/lore/shore/bore/more. I am Australian, from New South Wales.
DamienAngel79@reddit
“tore” [Texas]. Never heard anyone pronounce it differently before now.
BigPapaPaegan@reddit
Rhyming with "shore"
gibgod@reddit
Two-er
North East England
SuperShelter3112@reddit
Tor. NH.
SelectionFar8145@reddit
Tore. But, I would be inclined to actually say too-wer if I was enunciating.
GotWood2024@reddit
to-or
seattlemh@reddit
Tour like lure
graciemose@reddit
Minnesota- Tour like sewer
sto_brohammed@reddit
About like this
https://ipa-reader.com/?text=tʊɚ&voice=Joey
Belowme78@reddit
Toah. Massachusetts
fenwoods@reddit
Same as “tore” from CT. My Dad was also raised in CT and ripped me for my pronunciation of this word “and others.” He said “two-er” then would follow up like “just like it’s spelled!”
I wish I had the presence of self too retort “What’s 2 + 2?”
FoxConsistent4406@reddit
Tu er. Virginia via Kansas.
Significant_Cicada13@reddit
Like lure I’m from upstate NY bordering VT
wvc6969@reddit
Tour like lure
DoubleDongle-F@reddit
New Englander. I have never heard it any way other than the long U sound, as in "cool"
MattinglyDineen@reddit
I’m a New Englander and have never heard it pronounced that way.
Current-Photo2857@reddit
New Englander and I’ve only ever heard “tour” rhymed with “shore/four/more/tore/lore” etc.
MisSpooks@reddit
Toor, rhyming with door. I'm from Connecticut.
cacheblaster@reddit
I pronounce it like “tore.” I’m from Las Vegas, Nevada.
pigs_have_flown@reddit
I pronounce it the second way but my parents pronounce it the other way
Anon-John-Silver@reddit
“Tor”, UT.
MattinglyDineen@reddit
I pronounced “tour” the same as “tore”. I’ve never heard it pronounced the way you say it.
HotTopicMallRat@reddit
Too-er California
CheezitCheeve@reddit
Sounds like “tore” whenever I pronounce it.
WetBandit02@reddit
"Tore"
therankin@reddit
t-OAR or maybe tore if that helps you get it.
North NJ
Past_Yam9507@reddit
What tour? The world tour. Tour is tore. Maryland checking in
molotovzav@reddit
Two-er. Nevada, grew up here most of my life after 9 years old. Was in Hawaii before that and people say two-er there too.
defaultblues@reddit
Somewhere in the middle (Kentucky --- also somewhere in the middle 😆). More like 'tore' than 'sewer', but less... harsh? I don't know if I'd quite say I put a whole second syllable in it, but it's definitely a bit more drawn out than me just saying the word 'tore'.
JoeMommaAngieDaddy17@reddit
Too Er
maccpapa@reddit
tor
count_strahd_z@reddit
It definitely rhymes with four, shore, door, moor, poor, etc.
Electrical-Scar7139@reddit
I say it rhyming with shore; my mom always jokingly insisted that it was pronounced two-er. Grew up in Wisconsin, wonder where I got the pronunciation.
ksay9104@reddit
Too-er. Arizona.
ADHDpotatoes@reddit
I think midwesterners take a different phonetic approach to the word “tour”. We pronounce it as “To-Ur”, rhymes with “sewer”. A different approach would be to pronounce it the same as “Pour”.
filkerdave@reddit
Tour, like four or shore.
Originally from the NYC metro area.
brookish@reddit
Mid-Atlantic/NorCal. Two-er.
shan68ok01@reddit
Oklahoma and I pronounce it like it's pronounced in the Gilligan's Island theme song.
Separate-Swordfish40@reddit
Tor, like Store. From Central Pennsylvania, live in DC. metro area. Pronunciation is the same both places.
-TheDyingMeme6-@reddit
Too- ur
Midwest
InevitableRhubarb232@reddit
Too-er but it’s sort of one syllable. Without being full on tooohr
I’m from the Midwest. I spent a decade in the mid-to-deep-south. I now live in the southwest.
SlamFerdinand@reddit
Too-er in my region. Usually hear TOR in most others.
twotall88@reddit
Too-er. Grew up in Iowa, spent time in Phoenix, and a lot of time around the DELMARVA area.
Technical_Air6660@reddit
Twoor. I have a weird hybrid Northern California/South Jersey accent.
Bubble_Lights@reddit
New England, specifically Mass, like four
fleetingboiler@reddit
Two-er. (Indiana.)
But had friends in middle school talk about the "Warped Tor" (rhymes with "shore") so I have exposure to that pronunciation too. I always thought they got it from the British YouTubers they watched, though I may be wrong.
BelleMakaiHawaii@reddit
Rhymes with “shore” California
LogicalFallacyCat@reddit
I pronounce it like "tore" and I live in Ohio, grew up in California.
Competitive-Radio-49@reddit
Somewhere in between ture and tuah.
Lawn Guyland
min_mus@reddit
My pronunciation is similar to yours, OP. For me, tour is much closer to "ture" (with a long u sound) than "torr".
macoafi@reddit
Rhymes with shore. I’m from Pittsburgh.
What I find super weird about here in Maryland is that they rhyme tour with shore, but then they completely change it to say “tourist” like “turrist.”
ShoddyCobbler@reddit
Rhymes with door
mis_no_mer@reddit
Tore (Maryland)
bytenob@reddit
everyone sing ... a three hour tour, a three hour tour. the weather started getting rough the tiny ship was tossed..... ect
budstone417@reddit
2er
sneezhousing@reddit
The first way. Never heard it rhyming with sewer
WrongJohnSilver@reddit
One syllable, rhymes with "lure."
nauticalfiesta@reddit
Two er
thereslcjg2000@reddit
I alternate between “shore,” “sure,” and “sewer!” Usually “shore” through.
Funnygumby@reddit
Rhymes with oar Connecticut
Equal_Mess6623@reddit
Two-er. Colorado. It hurts to hear people say "tore".
PaintingNouns@reddit
Two-er. Oregon/california.
DrDMango@reddit
Rhymes with 'moor'
DrDMango@reddit
SFba
DontaysMebrough@reddit
Two-er... 2 syllables
BoopleSnoot921@reddit
Pronounced like “four” with a T instead of a F.
Personality_Ecstatic@reddit
Tour rhymes with sewer. From the Midwest
JDRL320@reddit
Tore, like store but without the S
JunkMale975@reddit
Too-er. Mississippi
diegotbn@reddit
Ture or Too-er.
Pacific Northwest, raised in the Midwest.
Worldly-Kitchen-9749@reddit
Sewer it is!
SkiZer0@reddit
too-ah, 1 syllable
DizzyLead@reddit
More along the lines of “sewer” or “poor,” though I wouldn’t misunderstand “tore.”
1n1billionAZNsay@reddit
For me, "tour" "tor" and "2-er" all around the same.
1029394756abc@reddit
Like sure.
Beefcheeks3@reddit
Like tor.
Vegetable-Floor-5510@reddit
Like it's spelled? I don't know how else to explain it.
Vegetable-Floor-5510@reddit
It's one syllable. And I've moved around a lot.
Feeltherhythmofwar@reddit
I code switch so it depends. Tuu-er, toor( flat double-o), or tor(four). I’m from Alabama, but I’ve been around.
BenjaminGeiger@reddit
/tɔr/
osama_bin_guapin@reddit
Tour, like tore
FlamingBagOfPoop@reddit
Terr.
vildasaker@reddit
Two-er. From the southeastern US
kashakesh@reddit
Tour - like the German word Tur with bit more of a dipthong and, of course, elongated non-rolled R sound.
Say the word Tourist and leave of the ist. I don't see many "Towe-rists" around, but I do see Tourists.
Like the sound in Fleur-de-Lis.
kh7905@reddit
Tour…like four…or shore….Maryland.
Cool-Coffee-8949@reddit
Like tore or four. New England (but I don’t have the r-dropping accent, so I don’t say Toe-ah)
Prize_Consequence568@reddit
*How do you pronounce “tour”, and what state/region are you from?"
Tour
SnoopyFan6@reddit
That’s how I say it and I’m from Ohio.
beeredditor@reddit
“Too - Err”, California
allan11011@reddit
Like shore or tore or four.
Central VA
stellalunawitchbaby@reddit
It doesn’t rhyme with sewer for me, because for me that’s two syllables - but also doesn’t rhyme with shore. It’s like, toor (one syllable).
cjstop@reddit
Minnesotan - I say Too Er. Sometimes it’s Too Her
thepineapplemen@reddit
Like tore. I went on a tour. I tore a hole in the fabric. Tour/tore sounds the same. I’ve heard people (generally out of staters) say turr though.
Hanner12@reddit
"tor" (in my mind it rhymes with more, shore, poor, four, core, etc.)
thetravelingsong@reddit
Two-er
jessek@reddit
Like it’s spelled “tor”
oswin13@reddit
"TOOR"rhymes with poor.
Great lakes region.
SinfullySinless@reddit
Too-or
But I’m Minnesotan and will hold a vowel until the summer comes back
ABabbieWAMC@reddit
toor (rhymes with moor), from Southern Tier of NY, now Capital Region
AdvocatusDiaboli72@reddit
Should sound like “tower” because it is spelled like “sour.” But nobody says it that way because English spelling doesn’t make sense.
phonemannn@reddit
My favorite part of threads like these is learning how writing things out phonetically is a skill.
hellogoawaynow@reddit
For me, tour rhymes with shore. Central Texas.
Suppafly@reddit
You're wrong.
Horzzo@reddit
For me a band goes on tour (like four).
If I'm walking through a brewery, I'm taking a tour (toor).
Xithulus@reddit
Two-er
MakeMeBeautifulDuet@reddit
2ER, Michigan
pootershots@reddit
The Texan in me wants to say two-errr but these days I say “tore”
ilp456@reddit
Philly and NJ pronounce it as tore.
Basic-Delay@reddit
As does Pittsburgh
SnooPineapples280@reddit
Rhymes with shore
BankManager69420@reddit
Tor, rhymes with Four.
rawbface@reddit
Mine definitely rhymes with "shore". Just one syllable, no hint of a second. "Tore"
WritPositWrit@reddit
Tour rhymes with shore rhymes with tore rhymes with wore rhymes with boar rhymes with or.
What region has tour rhyme with sewer??????
just_had_to_speak_up@reddit
Tore. West coast
Glittering-Tailor370@reddit
I pronounce it like sewer. I'm from Kansas city.
While working a seasonal job in Yellowstone National Park, people from many different regions would make fun of me for not pronouncing like shore
luckygirl54@reddit
Ohio. I pronounce it toor to rhyme with moore. Any tour guide I've come in contact with in our area pronounces it this way.
thatsnuckinfutz@reddit
"Two-err"
SoCal
oitef@reddit
I live in the Midwest and my partner pointed out I say Tour like sewer and blames the British YouTubers I watch. They’re currently on tour and they say the word constantly in videos so I must’ve accidentally picked up the pronunciation.
looselyhuman@reddit
Tewer, Cali
OfficialDeathScythe@reddit
Too-er. From Indiana
MagicalPizza21@reddit
From NY and I say "toor"
kspice094@reddit
Toor, one syllable, Midwest
Apprehensive-Ant2141@reddit
Just like “tore”. New Orleans, LA.
Shootingstarrz17@reddit
Too-er. Alabama.
ExtremePotatoFanatic@reddit
Too-er
I’m from southeastern Michigan.
Born_Establishment14@reddit
tore and tour are pretty much the same for me.
mutant6399@reddit
"toor," like "sewer" but only one syllable
originally NY area, but lived all over the US
EasyMode556@reddit
Rhymes with “more”, “four”, “shore” etc
EcstaticAssumption80@reddit
Both pronunciations are acceptable. I am from the Northeast, and for me, tour rhymes with sewer.
I've also heard tour pronounced as rhyming with "poor".
Sometimes, it's the former when used as a noun, (Take a tour) and the latter when used as a verb (Let's tour the house )
crazycatlady331@reddit
From NY. Tour rhymes with four, more, store, etc.
theok8234@reddit
Too owr (Michigan)
UNC_ABD@reddit
I suspect your audiobook was generated by AI.
jjj-thats-me@reddit (OP)
Lolll it was a “Holly” by Stephen King, narrated by Justine Lupe.
Badfish1060@reddit
one syllable, don't over complicate it.
Cruitire@reddit
Exactly the same as Tore. New York.
willtag70@reddit
This also is in "tournament'. I say it like turn-ament, rather than tore-nament. I do hear the 2nd version by some TV announcers, but sounds odd.
horsenamedmayo@reddit
I say tour like four & shore. But, I moved to the Midwest USA and they pronounce tour to rhyme with sewer which messes with my ears. They also pronounce mom like a weird hybrid of "ma'am" and "yawn" and coyote like KY-OAT instead of KY-OAT-EE like I'm used to.
NSNick@reddit
"toor"
Ok-Equivalent8260@reddit
Tour like sewer. PNW
Nice-Log2764@reddit
Originally from Hawaii, but spent a big chunk of my life in Northern California & Washington state- now that I think about it, I pronounce it differently in different contexts. If I were to say for example “Can you give the new guy a tour of the jobsite?” It comes out more like the rhymes with “shore” way. But if I were to “My favorite band is going on tour” it comes out more like the rhymes with “sewer” way. Never noticed that before haha
C5H2A7@reddit
I say it kind of in between the two? From Mississippi
Badlyfedecisions@reddit
Ture rhymes with pure, single syllable. From a major Texas metro but lots of family from far West Texas
RoutineCranberry3622@reddit
Team shore or team sewer? I’m in the tour sewer.
MetzgerBoys@reddit
Two syllables rhyming with “sewer” and “fewer.” I’m from IL
Ok_Watercress_7801@reddit
Toor
Southeast US. Middle Tennessee.
river-running@reddit
Central Virginia. For me, "tour" and "tore" are pronounced the same.
Psyko_sissy23@reddit
I pronounce it like a soft too-r as one syllable. At least as best as I can guess. It's harder than I thought to come up with a written version of how I pronounce it. I've lived most of my life in Arizona and California.
SgianDubh@reddit
It rhymes with Shore, Tor, & For/4
Shot-Artist5013@reddit
Now that I'm thinking about it, I say it differently in different contexts, but always as a one-syllable word. Usually "toor" rhymes with "moor", but sometimes "tore". (I'd have to sit down and really think about the specifics of when I use each)
I do the same with Caribbean. Sometimes it's Ca-ri-BEE-an, sometimes Ca-RIB-ee-an.
come-join-themurder@reddit
Tore - Texas
randompantsfoto@reddit
Virginia here. Tour, for me, is pronounced like shore, door, more, etc.
One syllable.
azulweber@reddit
“Toor” like moor. Born and raised in Chicago.
brzantium@reddit
I'm originally from the East Coast so I pronounce it like it rhymes with shore (I also pronounce sure and shore the same), but here in Texas, I've run into a lot of folks that pronounce it like it rhymes with sewer. The same with Coors.
1radgirl@reddit
Rhymes with shore. From mountain west region.
plastictoothpicks@reddit
Interesting. I’m in the pnw and I’ve always heard two-er.
1radgirl@reddit
Yeah, when I lived in Seattle I noticed it was more common there to pronounce it that way.
Easy-Maybe5606@reddit
Tewer South East
FredDurstDestroyer@reddit
Tour, fore, pour, and more all rhyme.
cool_weed_dad@reddit
One syllable, rhymes with “shore”, “four”
New England
moonlets_@reddit
Rocky Mountain west here. I find I usually say tour, rhyming with four, but I do say touring (as in… bike touring?) like Turing!
Avasia1717@reddit
west coast, more like sewer
Curious_Bar348@reddit
Rhymes with sewer, grew up in East Tennessee
Ravenclaw79@reddit
Too-er
cometparty@reddit
Too-Err
Nameless_American@reddit
New Jersey; when I say this word it rhymes with “door”, “poor”, “score” etc.
aenflex@reddit
Both ways. Like pour or like poor. Just depends. Same with data, route, and a million other words.
NeptuneAndCherry@reddit
Ohio, somewhere between shore and sewer, leaning toward shore
misterlakatos@reddit
I agree with two-er. I think this is the most common way of pronouncing it and sounds the most neutral/acceptable when watching television.
MpowerUS@reddit
Two-er — Midwest
WillingnessFit8317@reddit
ToEr
Maleficent_Scale_296@reddit
Washington state, two er
Acrobatic-Tadpole-60@reddit
Homophone of tore (Maine)
jestervalen@reddit
I say it like four, but when I say tourist I pronounce differently like terrist or turrist
WatermelonMachete43@reddit
Toor, Rhymes with pure. (WNY)
bonzombiekitty@reddit
Rhymes with "shore". Raised in Connecticut, been living in south east Pennsylvania for 20+years.
Smooth_Review1046@reddit
The correct way!
ScottTennerman@reddit
Toor - like door Southeast
slackador@reddit
Two-Err. My wife gives me shit about it, since she grey up with "torr" rhyme with "gore" is how she says it.
SacredSatyr@reddit
Two-ur like Sewer. Ky.
Different_Nature8269@reddit
Lots of Americans say sure and tour like shore/tore.
My Canadian ears recoil at it. We say too-r.
schwabagain@reddit
Toor! - Texas
Tbagzyamum69420xX@reddit
Tore - southeast US
sharkycharming@reddit
Tour, tore, and Tor are pronounced the same in my accent. One syllable.
jsand2@reddit
Too-ur
That sounds longer than it takes to say it of course.
Midwest
corneliusvancornell@reddit
There is a phenomenon in modern English called the "poor-pour merger" or the "cure-force merger," in which the vowel in "cure" or "poor" merges with the vowel in "force" or "pour," often in words whose spelling ends in "-oor," "-our," or "-ure."
Speakers with this merger may use the same vowel in "sure" and "shore" as with "tour" and "tore" or "moor" and "more," but it is not necessarily consistent or universal even among individuals. In a non-rhotic accent, "lure," "law," and "lore" might all sound the same, or "poor," "pour," and "paw."
The /r/ sound influences a lot; Wikipedia has an entire article entitled English-language vowel changes before historic /r/.
rewt127@reddit
Two-er - Western MT.
Given I've heard basically every way of pronouncing it here.
Sudden_Outcome_9503@reddit
Two-er. Rhymes with you're, but not your.
Southeast US.
pokentomology_prof@reddit
One syllable and rhymes with shore! I’m from the southern Appalachians.
cherrycokeicee@reddit
I say it like "tore." this is bc I'm a transplant from the south and refuse to adopt the Wisconsin "tew-er."
I will call an 18-wheeler a "semi" when situationally necessary, but that's where I draw the line.
PaleAd1124@reddit
New York-Taw
Zealousideal_Cod5214@reddit
Similar to sewer, and I'm from MN.
DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit
Two-er. From CA
Steelers711@reddit
The same as tore, one syllable. From the Midwest (mostly Indiana but significant time in Michigan and Ohio too)
stayawayfrommeinfj@reddit
Tore. Minnesota
NittanyOrange@reddit
Tour, poor, or, oar, pour, more, score, whore, door.. are all rhyming one-syllable words for me.
ghillieinthemist417@reddit
Tur, rhymes with were. Southern California
Toriat5144@reddit
Toor. I’m from Chicago area.
PappaDan1@reddit
NJ and pronounce it T-o-o-r
Tooth-Lady@reddit
Shore - Florida
fuckingfucku@reddit
Tu-er
Alaska
butterfly_inmyeye@reddit
2er, Kansas City, Missouri
zaxxon4ever@reddit
"Tour" rhymes with "door." Northern VA
pinniped90@reddit
Midwest. Rhymes with sewer.
Fossilhund@reddit
Now I'm sitting in a waiting room whispering "tour" to myself to see how I say it.
Cardinal101@reddit
Tewr. One syllable, rhymes with sewer.
dbm5@reddit
sewer is two syllables
Cardinal101@reddit
Indeed. I edited for clarity, thanks!
KatanaCW@reddit
Upstate NY - rhymes with sewer but less stress on the syllable break.
MashedPotatoesDick@reddit
Like "tore."
From Southern California.
Bollywood_Fan@reddit
"Ur" like urn, "two ur", but smoothly, run together. I live in Colorado.
curiousleen@reddit
Two-er
Anteater_Reasonable@reddit
For me it rhymes with lure, cure, pure, and manure.
osteologation@reddit
All you that pronounce it like shore or your how do you feel when it’s pronounced the other way in all audible media? Most notably to me is Gilligans island then song.
BottleTemple@reddit
That’s a funny example. In the Gilligan’s Island theme it sounds like the “shore” pronunciation to me. They even rhyme it with “sure”.
Allodoxia@reddit
Wait, are they not saying “three hour ‘tore’”? Maybe I sing it in my head too much and don’t hear the song anymore
osteologation@reddit
I mean I just replayed it on YouTube to be sure and it sounds like two-er to me.
Double_Virgo@reddit
One syllable, like tore/shore. From north NJ
mrsredfast@reddit
I feel like I learned my pronunciation from the Gilligan’s Island theme song — closer to sewer but only one syllable.
Jazzy_Bee@reddit
I just pulled up the song.
Niisakka@reddit
Minnesota. Two-er
CleverGirlRawr@reddit
Sewer variety - California
BouncingSphinx@reddit
Tore, tour, shore, four, more, door, floor.
They all have the same sound to me. Grew up in east Texas and north Louisiana
TsundereLoliDragon@reddit
One syllable, like tore.
Butterbean-queen@reddit
Tour rhymes with shore. It’s a one syllable word.
TehLoneWanderer101@reddit
Toor or tore. I rarely use it tho. I'm in Los Angeles County.
World_Historian_3889@reddit
I say it Tour like Shore or Four from Massachusetts
Appropriate-Food1757@reddit
Two-er
frogmuffins@reddit
Two-ur
anotherdamnscorpio@reddit
Tore. Arkansas.
hopping_hessian@reddit
Illinois - rhymes with four.
bookkeepingworm@reddit
Toor. See flair.
Bob_12_Pack@reddit
Tour is pronounced like "tore". Y'all 2-syllable freaks are psychos.
Saltwater_Heart@reddit
Tampa Bay, Florida. Tour like for
External-Prize-7492@reddit
T-or. Northeast US.
jimmyhoffasbrother@reddit
I spent my childhood and adolescence in Oklahoma, and I've spent most of my adult life in the Northeast/New England, so there are a lot of words that I alternate pronunciations on, and this one of them.
Sometimes I pronounce it "tor" and sometimes I pronounce it "two-er"
BKBD2017@reddit
Two-er WA state
burninstarlight@reddit
One syllable, rhymes with four or door, from South Carolina
musical_dragon_cat@reddit
Rhymes with "four" in the southwest
JadeHarley0@reddit
Rhymes with door
automaticfiend1@reddit
Like tor, and I grew up in mostly Wyoming and Virginia.
Lycaeides13@reddit
Just the same as tore. Rhymes with four and fore and bore
Dc metropolitan region
machagogo@reddit
Tour rhymes with shore and four. One syllable. New York City to New Jersey.
TIL there are multiple pronunciations of that word.
catiebug@reddit
Tour like sewer, grew up in Florida and California.
ABelleWriter@reddit
Rhymes with shore. I'm from Rhode Island.
Allodoxia@reddit
Tore. Washington state
BottleTemple@reddit
Same as tore for me. I’m from the northeast.
Current_Poster@reddit
One syllable. NH/MA/NYC.
Pyrheart@reddit
Like in the Gilligan’s Island theme song. “A three-hour tourrrr”
Puzzleheaded-Goal147@reddit
Two-ah. SE VA
mongobob666@reddit
TOO+urrr. Like truer minus the r. Western NY
Ill-Description6058@reddit
Two-oar i am southern
Sufficient_Cod1948@reddit
Rhymes with "shore."
I think the pronunciation difference is an East Coast/Midwest thing. I used to watch this one Youtuber who would always pronounce it as "too-or." Drawn out, almost two syllables, and an emphasis on the "too" sound. I knew what he was saying, but the first few times I heard it I had to stop and go "What? why is he saying it like that?"
SeaLeopard5555@reddit
rhymes with sewer, New England.
fries_in_a_cup@reddit
Like the past tense of ‘tear’ - tore
NewtOk4840@reddit
Tore CA USA
OldJames47@reddit
If there is a fee that applies to 2/3rds of your sales then it MUST be included in the advertised price.
WhoWhaaaa@reddit
Shore without the "r". Massachusetts just outside of Boston.
manicpixidreamgirl04@reddit
Rhymes with shore
Stuck_in_my_TV@reddit
Two-er. Chicago suburbs.
TheOnlyJimEver@reddit
Two-er. Northeast
Foxfyre25@reddit
I said "they're going on tour." really fast and it sounded like "ter".
gradmonkey@reddit
2-er. My parents were from central Illinois, so I mostly have their accents.
Xcelsiorhs@reddit
Tie-yer, Washington, DC
Drunken_Economist@reddit
I pronounce it "tour".
Tough_Crazy_8362@reddit
Toor
eric6566@reddit
1 syllable “ture” - Massachusetts
idontknowwhereiam_@reddit
Like shore. Ohio
PhasmaUrbomach@reddit
I'm from NY and I say it as one syllable: toor
jonredd901@reddit
Tore. Southeast us
IPreferDiamonds@reddit
Tor, which rhymes with Shore. I'm from Virginia.
brizia@reddit
Shore. New Jersey.
kitamia@reddit
One syllable, like shore. Language generally acquired in mid-Atlantic region.
Technical-Agency-480@reddit
Like tore, from Virginia
ngroot@reddit
Two syllables, two-ur.
Disastrous-Mess-7236@reddit
Here in Texas, it’s pronounced “tore”.
Comprehensive_Bet523@reddit
Oregon—two-er
Leaf-Stars@reddit
Like Door, or poor. Pennsylvania
whtevrnichole@reddit
like shore. i’m from south ga, i had speech delay so i had speech therapy with a southern speech therapist but my mom is from new york and i sound like her.
Crayshack@reddit
Rhymes with "shore," Mid-Atlantic.
OptimisticPlatypus@reddit
Rhymes with Your
BingBongDingDong222@reddit
Shore. South Florida, but lived elsewhere.
biggcb@reddit
Shore
MesopotamiaSong@reddit
tour rhymes with shore and floor in ohio. rhyming it with sewer sounds like cornfield talk (nebraska iowa kansas missouri)
GSilky@reddit
Depends on my audience and what I am discussing.