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That's how I pronounce it too, and I'm from the Midwest. I've never understood the name's appeal. lol.
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I think the issue here is the way US pronunciation has changed, leaving the rest of us behind.
In UK English, paw sounds like or, with a p in front and no r at the end.(In the IPA, it'd be /pɔ/.) In the States, from what I hear, paw sounds like far, with a p instead of the f and with no r at the end.
Please give me feedback on this, because I've never been to the US (which is too huge to generalise about anyway!) and my info comes mostly from good old CNN!
In UK English, paw sounds like or, with a p in front and no r at the end.(In the IPA, it'd be /pɔ/.) In the States, from what I hear, paw sounds like far, with a p instead of the f and with no r at the end.
Please give me feedback on this, because I've never been to the US (which is too huge to generalise about anyway!) and my info comes mostly from good old CNN!
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