Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by taejo on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:59AM
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In my accent, lover, hover and clover have three different vowels in the first syllable. Plover rhymes with lover for me. Does it rhyme with clover for you?
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by wyattpeak on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:29AM
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Yeah, it does.
I suspect it's not the standard pronunciation in my region, since Wiktionary lists it as an alternative American pronunciation and I'm Australian, but for whatever reason that's how I pronounce it.
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by SamBam on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:47AM
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I expect that many people pronounce "plover" as "clover" if they saw it written down first before they heard someone who knows the pronunciation say it. There are plenty of words like that in English.
I pronounced it as rhyming with "clover" too before learning that it's actually incorrect.
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by wyattpeak on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:02PM
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That's possible too, though I don't subscribe to the idea that a widely used pronunciation can be incorrect.
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by taejo on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:44AM
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And mover has a fourth, now that I think about it.
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by dalmo3 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:16AM
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I think GP was alluding to the drug P (meth).
Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine
by TotempaaltJ on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:27AM
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A simpler explanation would be "pee-lover".
Nevertheless, the parent is right, in my accent hover and lover don't rhyme either. All three have different vowels.