Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by jacobolus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:02AM
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This British pronunciation of hover https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/hover does not sound at all like the vowel in 'lot' or 'song'.
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by leoedin on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:33AM
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I'm British, and sitting at my desk saying "hover" "lot" "song" over and over again. They're definitely very close. I say hover like hoh-ver, which is very similar to the vowel I say in lot (loh-t) and song (soh-ng).
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by spacedcowboy on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:07AM
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Yes. It does. Source: have been British for 54 years
Hover is “hovver”
Lover is “luvver”
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by jacobolus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:07PM
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Did you listen to the audio file at the link? I take it the British pronunciation at dictionary.cambridge.org is an unrepresentative example?
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by teamonkey on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:43PM
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No, that's correct and so is what they're saying
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by lucian1900 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:08AM
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Look up lot and song on the same website, it’s the same vowel. Then compare with lover, an entirely different vowel is pronounced.
No, it's not that - at least in British English - referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English, "hover" uses ɒ ("LOT, blockade, song") while "lover" uses ʌ ("STRUT, untidy, trustee, sung").
In British English, plover (the bird) rhymes with lover but not with hover.
I always have difficulties in the opposite direction, namely imagining how such vowels can be merged - a classic for me was a programming manual once that told me "char" (the keyword) should be pronounced care, "like the start of the word character". Confused the heck out of me, since where I come from the vowel at the start of the word character is nothing like the one in care.