Homophones: one/won

[HeShouldKnowBetter]

Is it just my accent that makes them sound different?



It is moan about school night here obviously!

[Stravy]

Different in my accent. I think they sound the same when they are both pronounced a bit like Juan, which some people do.

[MoaningMingeWhingesAgain]

I'm northern. They are different to me. ie wonn and wunn.

[steppemum]

they sound the same in my accent.

[HmmAnOxfordComma]

One is a homophone for wan in my accent (v mild Midlands).

[RueDeWakening]

Ditto Hmm, I have one and wan as homophones, not won (which sounds like wunn when I say it).

I didn't realise I still had any midland accent! :o

[thestauntonlick]

They would be the same in a Yorkshire accent I think, but not in mine (lancashire)

[MMcanny]

They are deffo homophones. I could give you a long convoluted story about my job and out myself or just say 'they are pronounced the same' - 'one macro' mean anything to anybody?

[BiscuitMillionaire]

1 1 was a race horse
2 2 was one too
1 1 won a race one day
2 2 1 1 2

[LeonardWentToTheOffice]

We had this in Ds's homework - also 'are' and 'hour'. How the buggery balls do they sound the same? Not round here anyway!!

Agree - 'one' and 'won' do NOT sound the same!!

[LeonardWentToTheOffice]

People who live in Downtown Abbey I believe HumpdaySelfie. DS and I don't. Nor do any children in his class as far as I'm aware :-)

[RadagastTheBrown]

One & won certainly homophones. I know dialect can give regional variations but dictionary definitions give the pronunciation as identical.

Hour & are - no way, José!

[juniper9]

I remember getting lost when I was little because I was meant to meet my brother in ourprice, but I hadn't realised it was spelt with an o as it was also said as are-price.

In Manchester our and are are often homophobes. And won and one are completely different.

[juniper9]

*always said

Also, there's the whole 'our kid' said as 'are kid' thing.

[HesMyLobster]

I'm from East Mids.
Won and one are homophones.
Our and are are also homophones here.
Hour and are - definitely not!

[Periwinkle007]

I would say won and one as the same.

I would say are as r, our/hour as ower (not ohwer but ow as in owch). I am a southerner brought up by geordies.

I always wondered about poor and pour as some people say them the same but in the north east it is more pooer and I used to get teased for saying it wrong down south so I think I just say it oddly.

[shrinkingnora]

One, won = wun
Wan = won to rhyme with on

[olibeansmummy]

Not here in Lancashire they're not, but remember friends saying them the same when I lived in the midlands.

[youbethemummylion]

North East here and they are not the same won is pronounced wun. However we may not be in the majority here a lot of Julia Donaldsons rhymes dont make sense here scarf and laugh in the stickman for instance!

[PlatinumStart]

South east here (and a bit posh) one and won are the same.

I'm also of the view that hour is only one syllable, but it is not a homophone of are

[Runoutofideas]

"Paw", "poor" and "pour" are exactly the same to me, as are "our" and "are", both said "ar" but not hour which I would say "Ow - er". (Non-specific southern accent)