http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/lure-allure Language in a word Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:04:18 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/lure-allure/comment-page-1#comment-8698 John Cowan Wed, 13 May 2009 23:05:41 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=208#comment-8698 I'm a rhotic AmE speaker and have a separate CURE vowel unmerged with anything else; nevertheless, I do use the NURSE vowel in <i>plural</i>. If I heard it (in an accent close to my own) with the CURE vowel, I'd interpret it as <i>pleural</i>. I’m a rhotic AmE speaker and have a separate CURE vowel unmerged with anything else; nevertheless, I do use the NURSE vowel in plural. If I heard it (in an accent close to my own) with the CURE vowel, I’d interpret it as pleural.

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