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In American English "pour" is composed of two sounds: The initial 'p' and the dipthong 'or' as in the word "horse."

In British English, however, the 'r' is silent and the word has the same sound as the word "paw" - that is to say that it has a long vowel sound (ɔː)

In the US, "pour" may be a homophone of "poor" (short OO) or "pore" (long O). The R (ur) sound is what makes it sound different from the short OO in "put" and in fact closer to the long OO of "pool."

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