Mini-Dialect Quiz: Foyer discussed in Off-Topic/Off-Topic at Wizard of Vegas

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	Rhymes with you're		No votes (0%)
	Rhymes with oye (spanish for listen up)		2 votes (66.66%)
	The entrance to my house is not a foyer		No votes (0%)
	I'm a bigot		1 vote (33.33%)

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dwheatley

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January 3rd, 2015 at 2:51:28 PM permalink

How do your pronounce foyer, the word for the entrance room to a house or some buildings? Think small lobby if you haven't heard the word before. I hear it on house shows a lot, and until then didn't realize there were two ways to pronounce it...

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Hunterhill

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January 3rd, 2015 at 2:55:16 PM permalink

Rhymes with lawyer

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beachbumbabs

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January 3rd, 2015 at 4:58:06 PM permalink

Quote: Hunterhill
Rhymes with lawyer

ditto. loy-ur, foy-ur. doesn't rhyme with oye (oy-yay) or you're (yoar) for me, so I'm a bigot.

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EvenBob

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January 3rd, 2015 at 11:53:47 PM permalink

Quote: beachbumbabs
ditto. loy-ur, foy-ur. doesn't rhyme with oye (oy-yay) or you're (yoar) for me, so I'm a bigot.

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