PHONETICS: /ɔ:/

In British English, the phonetic symbol /ɔ:/ corresponds to the vowel sound in words like "four", "nor" and "small". It is called a long vowel. 

with "o": afford - born - door - floor - fork - horse - lord - more - nor - or - pork - short - store - storm - sword;

with "oa": board - broad;

with "ou": bought - brought - court - fought - ought - thought;

with "a": false - water;

with "al": ball - call - fall - hall - mall - small - talk - walk - wall;

with "ar": quarter - war - warm - warn;

with "aw": dawn - hawk - jaw - law - lawn - raw - saw - shawl - yawn;

with "au": August - author - autumn - daughter - taught - caught - clause;

homophones: bored/board - court/caught - or/oar/ore - stork/stalk.

Some Spanish speakers may, at first, have difficulty distinguishing between the vowel sound in "nor" and that of /ɒ/, as in "not".

Written by Victoria Overton

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