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LadyJogsAlot · 26/06/2008 15:44

do you say 'hour' or 'ahhr'?

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LadyOfWaffle · 26/06/2008 15:46

oooh, both actually... mostly 2nd I guess because I am a lazy/waffly talker.

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AMumInScotland · 26/06/2008 15:53

'hour'

But you should also have given the option of "wurr", specialy for the NE

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AMumInScotland · 26/06/2008 15:54

Aaaarrgh I missed a letter in pedant's corner! Do I have to stand in a dunce's cap for half an hour?

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LadyJogsAlot · 26/06/2008 16:00

k?

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JackieNo · 26/06/2008 16:03

'hour'.

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singleWhiteMale · 26/06/2008 20:30

Reminds me of a question on The Weakest Link:

Robinson: How many hours are there in three days?
Contestant (thought she said how many Rs): One.

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LadyJogsAlot · 27/06/2008 10:56

LOL

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RoxyNotFoxy · 28/06/2008 08:37

Depending where you come from, there's also "oor", "wor" and even "uz" - as in "We'll have uz dinner now".

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Ambi · 28/06/2008 08:43

Hour, is it mancunian to say aar, as in "ar kid"

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foofi · 28/06/2008 08:49

I say 'Ow-er' and my kids say 'are'. Don't know how that happened.

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