English pronunciation of the vowel in the words "War horse"
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Horse |
Door |
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Example words
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How to make this sound
The lip muscles are held tighter than they are for the
shorter The tongue is pushed down inside the mouth compared to the
shorter The muscles of the middle and tip of the tongue are contracted/ pulled in towards the midline of the tongue- the tongue is bunched in towards the midline. The letter 'R' is not always sounded as
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organ
thaw
naughty
floor
ought
halt
broad
horse
drawer
fault
poor
walk
more
door
also
organ
horse
more
saw more alter
door before
caught call
story important
thought straw
orchestra fall
reward prawn
law torn
floor brought
fought
autumn
daughter dwarf launched
This is a medium length vowel. The lips are held quite forward and
rounded so that the circle formed between the lips is smaller than the
short 
particularly after a vowel letter a,e,i,o,u
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