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Manner and manor

I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'. Is it read the same as 'manner'?
  

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[nq:1]I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'. [/nq] Yes. B.

  • [nq:1]I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'.
  • [/nq] Yes.
  • B.
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[nq:1]I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'. Is it read the same as 'manner'?[/nq]
Yes.

Mark Brader > And the customary practice seems to be "FIRST, Toronto > let the cat out of the bag; THEN inform you (Email Removed) > that there's a cat and a bag." Daniel P.B. Smith
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[nq:2]I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'. Is it read the same as 'manner'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes.[/nq]
No!
Cf "glimmer" and "glamour".
Izzy
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[nq:2]Yes.[/nq]
[nq:1]No![/nq]
No, yes!
[nq:1]Cf "glimmer" and "glamour".[/nq]
Those are two other words, but they both end with the same "er" as manor and manner.

Mark Brader "Clearly, neither Mark Brader nor Toronto Steve Summit read the whole book..." (Email Removed) Greg Black
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[nq:1]I don't know how to pronounce 'manor'. Is it read the same as 'manner'?[/nq]
Close to it, but not exactly. I don't do symbols. Richard?
Charles Riggs
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They do not, nor do 'manor' and 'manner' end with the same 'er' sound.
Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
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[nq:2]No, yes! Those are two other words, but they both end with the same "er" as manor and manner.[/nq]
[nq:1]They do not, nor do 'manor' and 'manner' end with the same 'er' sound.[/nq]
NSOED shows "manor" and "manner" with identical pronunciations, likewise the last syllable of "glimmer", "glamour" and ""grammar": all end with a simple schwa (no 'r' of course in RP BrE).
Alan Jones
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[nq:2]They do not, nor do 'manor' and 'manner' end with the same 'er' sound.[/nq]
[nq:1]NSOED shows "manor" and "manner" with identical pronunciations, likewise the last syllable of "glimmer", "glamour" and ""grammar": all end with a simple schwa (no 'r' of course in RP BrE).[/nq]
I see that the woman's voice attached to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate sounds the first two in the same way; sh
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[nq:2]NSOED shows "manor" and "manner" with identical pronunciations, likewisethe last ... with asimple schwa (no 'r' of course in RP BrE).[/nq]
[nq:1]I see that the woman's voice attached to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate sounds the first two in the same way; she lacks ... a Midwesterner or Westerner with an American twang but the final word, as always, must come from Richard. [/nq]
Neither
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[nq:1]the simple[/nq]
[nq:2]I see that the woman's voice attached to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate ... the final word, as always, must come from Richard. [/nq]
[nq:1]Neither you nor Richard should be considered expert in Midwestern (or even Western) pronunciation, Charles. Richard, it is true, seems ... in manor and manner in the same way (though I admit that Ray does some research to back
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Must be that Toronto accent Emotion: smile I hear a minor but noticeable difference in both sets of words.
John Kane
Kingston ON

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