From The Hot Word:

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's "yore."  Which also sounds the same.

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JL

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> They are identical for me, too, but I use both pronunciations. If I am
> speaking quickly, I use yure. If I am speaking clearly, I use yore.
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> On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> >> They're absolutely identical for me.
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> > But, which way? Both "yore" or both "yure"? My WAG is that it's both
> > as "yure" [jur]/[ju at r]. But,
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> > Youneverknow.
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> > I reduce _you're_, but in line with the best BE/SE practice,  _your_
> > is never reduced. Well, sometimes it is. To _yo'_. ;-)
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