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hh26 t1_j5ilk7p wrote

Because there is no R. War has an 'r' in it, which makes the "rrr" sound at the end. Woman consists of 'wo' and "man", so that's how you pronounce it.

There are a lot of weird and inconsistent words in the English language. This is not one of them.

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cantrell_blues t1_j5ily7f wrote

I believe they may be using a non-rhotic dialect. Not all Englishes pronounce that R. I beleive they're asking why the vowel in "wo" is the vowel in "book" instead of the vowel in "god".

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