How to pronounce Moore?

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  1. dutchmanx

    dutchmanx New Member Thread Starter

    Anyone point me to the source I may quote.
     
  2. Craig

    Craig (unspecified) Staff

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  3. Lord Hawthorne

    Lord Hawthorne Currently Untitled

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    Portland, Oregon
    Around here, it's pronounced the same way as "more".
     
  4. Craig

    Craig (unspecified) Staff

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    Can he quote you on that? :)
     
  5. JamieC

    JamieC Senior Member

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    Detroit Mi USA
    Depends. I know folks who pronounce it MOR or MOO-er. Family name thing.
     
  6. Matthew B.

    Matthew B. Scream Quietly

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    Yeah, either more or moor, depending on the family.
     
  7. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits....

    As in Allure

    Roger Moore
     
  8. stumpy

    stumpy Forum Resident

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    Seems to me there's a pro-football player that prefers more-ay or mo-ray(?). I just heard a broadcaster say it one day in reference to a player with "Moore" on his uniform. Sorry, no other details.
     
  9. Lord Hawthorne

    Lord Hawthorne Currently Untitled

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    Only in italics.
     
  10. dutchmanx

    dutchmanx New Member Thread Starter

  11. pig whisperer

    pig whisperer CD Member

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    farve
     
  12. dutchmanx

    dutchmanx New Member Thread Starter

    and the URL is?
     
  13. RobertKaneda

    RobertKaneda New Member

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    Paris, France
    If, as mentioned, you're talking about Roger Moore and Demi Moore, then it's pronounced "less."
     
  14. mavisgold

    mavisgold Senior Member

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    moore [moor, mawr, mohr](mŏŏr, môr) (m&oobreve;r, môr)
    more [mawr, mohr] [mawr, mohr]

    http://dictionary.com
     
  15. apileocole

    apileocole Lush Life Gort

    This CD:
    http://www.amazon.com/V-Disc-Recordings-King-Cole-Trio/dp/B000009Q8Z
    opens with a self-introduction by the Nat King Cole Trio, with Oscar Moore saying "this is Oscar Moore, the guitar player." He pronounces his name the same as the word "more" as in "the Moors" [mohr]

    (yes, somehow we have tied this into something remotely music world oriented hehe)
     
  16. pig whisperer

    pig whisperer CD Member

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  17. Dave D

    Dave D Done!

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    Milton, Canada
    I pronounce it like a noise a cow makes.. moo.....Moore.
     
  18. willy

    willy hooga hagga hooga

    I've heard Roger pronounce it as 'more'. But me, 'moor'.
     
  19. townsend

    townsend Senior Member

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    Ridgway, CO
    Perhaps the difference is between the original pronunciation (taking into account the original culture it came out of) vs. some Anglicized newer pronuniciaton?
     
  20. Mr Alden

    Mr Alden New Member

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    :laugh::righton:
     
  21. stereoptic

    stereoptic Anaglyphic GORT Staff

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    :laugh:
     
  22. JamieC

    JamieC Senior Member

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    IT WAS THE MOOPES!!!!!

    stupid bubble boy
     
  23. Matthew B.

    Matthew B. Scream Quietly

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    No, in this case English is the original culture.

    You can hear Roger Moore pronouncing his own name here (fast forward to 1:20). If you can read IPA symbols, it sounds to me like /mɔə/. (If you can't, think more with an English accent, so that the r is silent.)

    I can't find any sound clips of Demi Moore pronouncing her own name. David Letterman is clearly saying /mʊɹ/ (moor with the r pronounced) in this clip, but I've heard other American announcers pronounce it as /mɔɹ/ (more with the r pronounced).

    I wouldn't worry much about it either way. English accents cover an extremely wide range of vowel sounds before an r, and if you get the vowel slightly off, it's more likely to sound like a regional variation than a mistake.
     
  24. violarules

    violarules Senior Member

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    :biglaugh:

    No one else got this Seinfeld reference?! Bubble boy.... ring any bells?! :laugh:
     
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