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Selecter  +  311634 Sun, 07 Jan 07 03:01 AM
wonder - ^
wander - O

As far as I know, americans tend to spell "o" as "a" in some words. That's what could have confused you (and me).

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/wonder
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/wander
Selecter
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Please correct my mistakes if there are any.
Anonymous, 2 yr 324 days ago
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Yoong Liat  +  312400 Mon, 08 Jan 07 02:47 AM

 Vanyatka wrote:
Hi,

Is it normal to mispronounce wonder? I can hear people constantly say /wOnder/, as opposed to normal /w^nder/, which should be pronounced like, e.g. in a cup.
If there wasn't another word, to wander, I woulnd't care.... Am I too petty? Smile [:)]


You're right. The first syllable of 'wonder' should be pronounced as 'one'. It is the same as in 'wonderful'.

I hope this helps.
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Yankee  +  312607 Mon, 08 Jan 07 02:39 PM
 Selecter wrote:

As far as I know, americans tend to spell "o" as "a" in some words. That's what could have confused you (and me).

I've never heard of or noticed any such tendency.  Do you have examples?
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Selecter, 2 yr 323 days ago
Words like these are spelled differently:
doc [dɔk]
what [wɔt]
cops [kɔp]
lock [lɔk]

Lil' Ruby Rose  +  312634 Mon, 08 Jan 07 03:07 PM
Perhaps you mean Americans pronounce them slightly differently.  These words are spelled identically in British and American English.
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Yoong Liat  +  312644 Mon, 08 Jan 07 03:20 PM

The first syllable of 'wonder' should be pronounced as 'one'. It is the same as in 'wonderful'.

My dictionaries do not indicate that there is a difference in pronunciation between BrE and AmE for the the word 'wonder'.
Yoong Liat
Selecter  +  312648 Mon, 08 Jan 07 03:28 PM
>These words are spelled identically in British and American English.

I am not an expert in languages. I heard they spell it with ɑ: instead of ɔ
I am sure that I remember a school-book with these differences. I saw the spelling transcriptions.
Selecter
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Goodman, 2 yr 323 days ago

 wonder pronounced = [w’-un-der].
 wander pronounced = [wand-er] as in magic [wand].

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