How would you pronounce 'Role'. ?

vivandorron | 15:17 Wed 03rd Aug 2011 | Phrases & Sayings

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I say that it rhymes with 'hole', 'pole', 'mole' etc...not as some folk say 'roll' which rhymes with 'bowl' 'soul' and 'scroll'... as examples.

Ron.

Latin translation of "...tough get going"

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Ankou

i suppose if your emphasis is on the middle w sound, then they might sound slightly different, although bowl may well come out as bowel, which can't be proper.

Ankou

huh-ello campers.

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chelle7272

I had an email once from someone leaving work who wnated to know if would go out bowelling with him......

LoftyLottie

Was he Welsh?

vivandorron

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LL...Now you now why I am able to understand a lot of Call Centres personell.

Sing-song along with me I say.:-)

Ron.

Ankou

bowelling no, disembowelling possibly, if its friday

vivandorron

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Sorry ..it should have printed as 'Know.'

Ankou

as in no not now ?

jno

I pronounce them all the same way, but I can imagine you might pronounce role with the same vowel sound as 'go' and roll with the same sound, more or less, as 'got'. I think this is very much subject to local variations.

vivandorron

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As this has developed on the basis of my pronunciation, I'll let you into the secret of saying the welsh double ell , as in 'Llanelli'.

Put your tounge against the roof of your mouth and throw out an 'L' each side. One Hell of a job at first; but practice makes perfect.

Ron.

argorstran

????? - how about pronouncing it so that it rhymes with "coal" or "foal" ...?????
(....am I missing something here....)

vivandorron

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argorstran... You will get a role in my next production because I like your pronunciation.

Ron.

Quizmonster

Hole, pole, mole, roll, soul and scroll are all rhyming words according to Chambers Dictionary's pronunciation guide, Ron.

roxie_09

I know what you mean, I am welsh as well and the way some people pronounce things is as you say like bo-wel, so-wel etc x the double ll haha and the ch sound ha it hurts to do that x

starone

The rhyming all sound exactly the same to me.

vivandorron

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It seems that the time has come to Roll on.

I have found this thread quite interesting and it has helped to increase my rhyming vocabulary.

My thanks to everyone who has played a Role in this thread.

Ron. ☺☺☺

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