Tore and tour sound the same to me. Also, poor, pore, pour. Mary, merry are the same, but marry is different.

Hockey Hockey Hockey My favorite sport is hockey.

My favorite accent is my own because it is the only one that I can understand!

Michael.f wrote: with "k" like "keen" or with "s" like "source" It is Celtic, with a k sound. The word is of Celtic origin, which always pronounces "C" as /k/. The basketball team is Celtics with an s sound though.

I say rut (root). I say this for usually anything, road names and even something like paper route. Others say raut for paper route.

I say St + @ us. I have always heard in pronounced this way except on some TV shows. I say Amen like the 'a' in Start, Smart, and Dart. Actually it is more like ah-men. I hear everyone around me say it like this too.

I always say day-da. I also hear people say it this way too. I have only heard data pronounced dah-da once, by one of my professors.

I know people pronounce ng as n. I have heard people pronounce it this way. I do not. But, I have always associated this with less educated people, as do the people around me. Don't know why.

WesternAmerican wrote: When you have birthday, what do you do to the candles on the cake? Do you 'blow them off' ? No, you blow them out .

Yes, you would take the stairs .