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[โ€“] static09@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you're pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.

[โ€“] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Drainage system = soo-er
Person who sews = soh-er
Exploring a place, with or without a guide = tohr

That's typically how I hear those pronounced. Idk, I get the sense that some think I'm trying to correct the OP when I'm just trying to figure out how the hell something is pronounced.