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cantrell_blues t1_j5ily7f wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:43 AM

Reply to comment by hh26 in ELi5: why is WOMAN not pronounced as war man? by RealNewsMatter

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".