To think the poll is pronounced poll...

[peachypips]

Not pole! Settle an argument between me, DH and lodger!

To add to the confusion, I pronounce polish (as to clean something) differently than Polish to mean of the country Poland.

They are pronounced differently Ifailed...

@Ifailed well that's correct then

@Ifailed they're homographic words so it's correct to pronounce them differently (like bass/bass, bow/bow, wound/wound)

Pole.

Rhymes with troll, roll and toll.

Who is pronouncing it to rhyme with doll?

It's like pole, not like doll.

I would say pole as in pole-ing station. But I think it's supposed to be poll as in doll.
Like in the motorway toll payment areas.

my (glaringly) obvious point is that although spelt the same, it's a difference pronunciation which most people will follow, yet it would appear that poll = pole for some.

I'm surprised at the answers. Poll is likey polly without the y. Not the same as pole.

Pole

We all say poll in our family - rhymes with doll.
Pole (rhymes with dole) is how we say the South Pole.

Rhymes with troll, roll and toll

I agree that troll and role rhyme with pole. But toll doesn't. It rhymes with doll and poll.

and roll

I’ve worked in polling stations before (south-east) and heard it pronounced both ways, but the majority pronounciation was pole, so sounding like pole card, pole-ing station and ‘the poles have closed’.

Roll, roll, doll, poll are all the same pronunciation to me

But roll and doll and poll are all pronounced differently are they not?

Poll - pole
Roll - Roe-ll
Doll- doh-ll

There's a bit at the top of a horse's head that's a poll to rhyme with doll, but a survey-type poll is pronounced pole - never heard it pronounced any other way (S Wales).

Poll pronounced pole

The only poll to rhyme with doll is the name for the bit of a horse - between it's ears.
Your poll is pole.

My online dictionary only gives the pole pronunciation

I love these threads so much!

X posts spider!

For those who pronounce it to rhyme with doll, where are you from, and how would you describe your accent?

It's pronounced "pole" as confirmed by various online dictionaries where you can listen to the pronunciation.

When you vote, you go to the pole-ing booth, not the polling booth.........

Yep toll (like a fee) rhymes with doll. (Except now I think of it I say "taking it's toll" and then I pronounce it "tole" - Oh God....this is hurting my brain, that's clearly me being an idiot though.)

Although the more I say it I think I'd naturally say "tole" but because you hear "toll" on US movies etc it's toll if you over think it...

Um ok, I've just realised that poll and roll are pronounced the same, ignore the above.