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Does dour rhyme with flower or sewer?

Posted by Dignan (aka Dignan) May 21 '13, 15:17

I've been hearing the latter a lot lately.

Responses:

doer (like sewer) -- nm - charlie May 21, 16:08
Closer to flower. In reality, it's hour. -- nm - David May 21, 15:47 6
- You pronounce flower and hour differently? - TWuG May 21, 15:47 5
  - it's flower hour! -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 15:52 3
    - Their Flower Power is no match for my Glower Power! -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 15:54 2
      - The best part about a TV series called Flower Hour is that the cooking channel could have a competing one called Flour Hour -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 15:58 1
        
        I brought you a dozen flours. -- nm - Harold Crick May 21, 16:00
  - I try to but I'm southern so... -- nm - David May 21, 15:49
So, why are you hearing "dour" so much lately? -- nm - Spawn May 21, 15:44
are you serious Angus? -- nm - Carla Floriani May 21, 15:39 1
- I am, and stop calling me Angus. -- nm - Yahoo Serious si May 21, 15:41
flower. -- nm - kelly May 21, 15:32
BBC America strikes again -- nm - con_carne May 21, 15:29
I'd say I've never heard the latter but come to think of it I don't think I've ever heard the word spoken. - Max May 21, 15:28
yes -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 15:26
dour, flower, hour, sour, cower. -- nm - ty97 May 21, 15:25
ee-ther or eye-ther. - b. May 21, 15:24
Flower. The sewer people are wrong. -- nm - TWuG May 21, 15:20
penis -- nm - Spawn May 21, 15:19
Flower. Dewer rhymes with sewer. -- nm - nubby May 21, 15:19
flour. -- nm - loosilu May 21, 15:18 5
- tour -- nm - mara May 21, 15:27 4
  - my wife says tour "tor" -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 15:30 3
    - two-er. - Beryllium May 21, 16:25
    - that's how you're supposed to say it. -- nm - loosi at home May 21, 16:24 1
      - I assume he means like "tore." -- nm - mara May 21, 16:27
sewer -- nm - mara May 21, 15:18
The latter, if you're Scottish. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 15:18
rhymes with sour -- nm - zork May 21, 15:18
Flower -- nm - Stephen May 21, 15:18

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Does dour rhyme with flower or sewer?

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