pronunciation survey

[pau17]

Say the following to yourself:

"It's ours." (fast)

"It's OURS." (slower, emphasized)

Do you say "arz" or "owerz"? Include your dialect of English if possible.

I, with midwestern US English, would probably say "arz" for the first, but for the second I can't decide if I would say "arz" or "owerz." Both sound natural.

 

[civ_king]

both OwRz

 

[Kraznaya]

The latter for both.

Californian.

 

[pau17]

The latter for both.

Californian.

You west co-uh-sters...

 

[kulade]

most people where i live pronounce it "ehs nwestro."

 

[Synobun]

Owerz.

Dutch

EDIT: Well, Flemish.

 

[warpus]

owerz for both

i suppose if i say it really fast it kinda sounds like arz

southwestern ontario

 

[SG-17]

Both for both. It depends who I am talking to. I really don't know how or why I use both, but I do.

 

[Onionsoilder]

owerz for both. In Seattle now, but I've lived in Colorado for the last 18 years, so...

 

[bigdog5994]

Did anyone else get a pop up from this thread?

 

[Kraznaya]

You west co-uh-sters...

Well, my w is passed over quickly and it's easy to mistake it for arz, but there is an effort in there to pronounce it with two syllables.

 

[pau17]

Well, my w is passed over quickly and it's easy to mistake it for arz, but there is an effort in there to pronounce it with two syllables.

I was just kidding. West-coasters are very clear in their pronunciation from what I've seen. I speak a flat-out "arrz" if it's fast.

 

[azzaman333]

Always closer to owerz than arrrz

Except when speaking in pirate.

 

[Kerozine]

'ours' as in 'towers'.

As far as I can tell, I picked up my English from American TV.

 

[Pangur Bán]

Glaswegians say "tsoors".

 

[Joecoolyo]

First arz, then owerz, I've got the midwestern accent

 

[Onionsoilder]

Did anyone else get a pop up from this thread?

Nope. I would guess you got ad-ware from someplace.

 

[Earthling]

"Arz." Definitely. Though I don't particularly care what others say, and maybe sometimes I might even say this another way, but I think I'm really more like to say "arz" As in

THIS IS ARR HOUSE.

Tangential note: Rather than common words, it always seems to happen to me that I think a name is pronounced one way, never think of it another way, until someone else comes along and corrects me; and often, this is even the official way! This of course is mostly with regards to books/similar media; in fact I was just thinking about this recently with a webcomic I regularly read - it just seems weird to imagine folks pronouncing a character's name other than the way I read it, even if it's the author!

 

[RoboPig]

"Arz"
Indian

'ours' as in 'towers'.

Do you pronounce towers as "tars" or "towh-urs"?

 

[Earthling]

Do you pronounce towers as "tars" or "towh-urs"?

Although I could certainly see people/some accents saying "tahwahs".