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Why do some people say “warship” when they mean worship?

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  • 3 weeks ago
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    It's partly due to r-conditioning of the vowels, but that merger is very common in English. Linguists call it the horse-hoarse or north-force merger. There's an article on wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vow...

  • 2 weeks ago

    It's a simple mis-hearing. Or they think "wor" should rhyme with "or" and "for", which is not unreasonable.

  • Anonymous
    3 weeks ago

    I never heard anybody say it that way.  Where are you, by the way?

  • .
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    One is for atheists and the other is for Noah.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 weeks ago

    ask them not us....

  • 3 weeks ago

    Isn't it more the other way around? Most people pronounce War with more of an O sound than an A. Seriously. Try focusing on making an A sound with that word without sounding like you're from South Carolina.

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