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/ɔː/

The /ɔː/ sound

is used in words like war, sure or walk.

How to pronounce /ɔː/ (law, saw, ought)

video    Pronunciation with Emma    6 April 2019

In this video we look at the vowel sound /ɔː/ in British English.

Find out how to pronounce law, saw, more, and ought.

I sometimes nickname this sound the "cute sound" or even the "sad sound"

(the symbol also looks a little sad too!)

to help my students remember how to pronounce it.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX-u5WnOSuM

sports

wall of water

keyboard

door

floor

law

a 'ward

' sure

be' fore

' four

' more

'war ' story

' law

warn

walk

talk

call

fall

saw

fought

thought

ought

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Related

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Received_Pronunciation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Great_Vowel_Shift

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stress_(linguistics)