How do you pronounce ‘troll’?

[AmberLangslow]

I’ve always said troll with a short o, like in doll, but it seems more common to say it with a long o, like in roll.

So, which is correct? Or is it like scone and has two correct pronunciations?

Haha i just can't see the word troll without hearing it. Have you seen 'Trolls the musical' on Youtube? They sing trolls rather poshly

How the hell do doll and roll sound the same? 😊

(I know it’s an accent thing just not one I can get my head round without actually hearing it.)

If I heard it with a short o I would think trawl rather than troll.

doll and roll are the same here like pole and troll and vole and mole

Short 'o' like doll. Not like 'trawl' which is 'tr-all' (to rhyme with fall and tall). I think the 'trole' pronunciation has become more common as that seems to be the US pronunciation which is used for internet trolling.

Rhymes with roll and hole. I pronounce doll differently

Doll rather than roll. But then I'm Scandinavian so my opinion probably doesn't count.

Like bowl for me.

Doll and roll are pronounced the same for me.

How can doll and roll be pronounced the same way?

Of course they sound the same. All three words share the same final three letters.

To rhyme with roll.

firedog yes just like Slough and slough! They have all the same letters

Speaking of, I just read an old book that spelled troll as "trull" to rhyme with hull. Or possibly to rhyme with rule?! Another pronunciation cat among the MN pigeons...

How does Quirrell say it? I don't remember the film.

Troll rw hole to me, though I have heard troll rw doll.

How can doll and roll sound the same though? Are you pronouncing doll as dole, or roll as, well, rol? I have never, ever heard roll as rol, anywhere! Where are you?

I've sat here saying roll and doll for a few minutes now and they sound the same to me. South West accent.

I'm trying to work out how they are said differently, I think (!) I do a long o on both but some regions do a short o on doll.

Rhyming with "doll".
Otherwise, "I'm a troll, fol de rol, I'll eat you up for dinner" just doesn't work.

Yup doll as dole, rhymes with roll and troll and bowl 😂 don’t know how doll can be pronounced differently

I've truly never heard of a "Barbie Dole". That just sounds very odd to me. And I have lived all over the UK.

cory I believe it’s a word with Scandinavian roots, so makes your opinion interesting.

Doll as dole? Oh! So is dolly doley for you?

To me, dolly rhymes with Polly, Molly, Holly, jolly, lolly and volley (but not with holey or roly poly!).

I yell it in a Norwegian accent, like in Troll Hunter... it's more like 'doll'...

@AmberLangslow I'm in East Yorkshire too! Definitely pronounce it like doll.

Miss Poley had a doley who was sick, sick, sick...

Troll as in roll. Scotland.