Timeline for Why is "door" pronounced with an "o" sound and not a "u"?
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| Oct 31, 2015 at 7:16 | comment | added | herisson | Related post on Linguistics SE: “oo” in “poor”, “door” and “doom” | |
| Dec 6, 2014 at 2:17 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jun 15, 2013 at 22:26 | comment | added | LearnIT | I pronounce it like a 'u'. | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 4:12 | comment | added | msanford | An example from a related language: in Dutch, the word spelled "door" (by) is pronounced nearly the same way as in English. | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 22:40 | history | edited | Uticensis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 22:39 | answer | added | Ed. Brazil | timeline score: -2 | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:54 | comment | added | mgb | Door is pronounced 'dur' - at least were 'r come from! | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:44 | comment | added | DCookie | @z7sg: you mean like "read" and "red"? Or perhaps "read" and "reed"? :-) | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:38 | answer | added | Guffa | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:29 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | There is already a word dour that's pronounced like that. It would be confusing! | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:17 | comment | added | teylyn | "Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation ...". Pronunciation changed over time, while spelling remained the same. | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:16 | answer | added | Robusto | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:11 | comment | added | Michael Lorton | A better question might be, why is the word pronounced dôr spelled with two Os? I think a big chunk of "why" questions about language are unanswerable. | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:10 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Related: Written English Vowels are Odd | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 21:07 | history | asked | uray | CC BY-SA 3.0 |