Strange pronunciation of "door"

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I have just heard Australian-English actor Rob Inglis repeatedly pronounce the word "door" so that it rhymes with "poor".

In what dialect is that pronunciation found? Is it Australian?

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My "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary" gives the pronunciation [dɔ:(r)] for "door" and [pʊǝ(r)] for "poor"

Mr Inglis' pronunciation is [dʊǝ], not [dɔ:].

Uh, "door" does rhyme with "poor", at least to a pretty good approximation. — Hot Licks, Jun 20, 2016 at 17:50
How do you pronounce poor? Does it rhyme with shore, fir, sewer, sure, or none of the above? — Peter Shor, Jun 20, 2016 at 18:00
In Standard BE door and poor are not the same. They may be the same in some regional accents (North-East comes to mind). In Std BE, door rhymes with pour and poor rhymes with dour. Go figure (as we Brits don't say). — Andrew Leach, Jun 20, 2016 at 18:04
@sumelic, wow. I have never heard dour pronounced to rhyme with tour, only with hour. Yet I see it's the first listed pronunciation on m-w.com. Learning all sorts of things here. :-) — Hellion, Jun 20, 2016 at 18:45

k1eran · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-20 20:03:49Z

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In Mid-Ulster English, admittedly far from Australia,

/ʉ/ is possible before /r/ in floor, whore, door, board, etc.
— Wikipedia Ulster English

For pronunciation of /ʉ/ see Wikipedia Close central rounded vowel which has a link to an audio file.

answered Jun 20, 2016 at 19:52

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