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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by jacobolus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:02AM (#27602706)
This British pronunciation of hover https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/hover does not sound at all like the vowel in 'lot' or 'song'.
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by leoedin on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:33AM (#27603252)
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).
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by spacedcowboy on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:07AM (#27604719)
Yes. It does. Source: have been British for 54 years

Hover is “hovver”

Lover is “luvver”

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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by jacobolus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:07PM (#27607836)
Did you listen to the audio file at the link? I take it the British pronunciation at dictionary.cambridge.org is an unrepresentative example?
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by teamonkey on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:43PM (#27610837)
No, that's correct and so is what they're saying
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by lucian1900 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:08AM (#27602742)
Look up lot and song on the same website, it’s the same vowel. Then compare with lover, an entirely different vowel is pronounced.
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Re:Plover is a free, open-source stenography engine by jacobolus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:08PM (#27607865)
I did look up lot and song at the same website. The audio examples of British pronunciations provided for those two words use an entirely different vowel sound.
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