“flour” and “flower” - do they have different pronunciations?
Thanks.
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As far as I understand, the phonetic transcriptions of both flower and flour are exactly the same with the stress on the initial sound (ˈflaʊə/ ˈflaʊə/). But I’m surprised that flour has one syllable and flower two syllables.
I hope Alan/Torsten/Luschen may be of some help to us.
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I agree they have the exact same pronunciation. I think they both have two syllables, but they can both be pronounced with one syllable by sort of slurring the syllables together.
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Yes, flower and flour are homophones.
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I think you would pronounce ‘flower’ as two syllables if you were talking a bout what grows on a plant to make it clear you are not talking about ‘flour’.
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