"wok" and "walk"

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Do you pronounce "wok" and "walk" the same way?

Nope. I have been told I have a strange accent, probably due to speech problems and trying to over-pronounce things to get the words right. So I would pronounce "wok" exactly as written, each letter with hard sounds, and pronounce "walk" like "wark."

Never thought about it before.

Was amused once when a daytime TV host introduced a guest Chinese chef by saying "he woks on the wild side!" because the words sound similar.

But I dont think of them exactly alike. But yeah, if you heard me say the two words they would probably sound indistinguishable coming from my lips.

To me those new fangled Chinese stir fry things rhyme with "sock". And "walk" is "wall" with a "k" on the end. But I dont really SAY that "L" sound with any conviction . So yeah, my "walk" is pretty much the same as my "wok".

Wok is "wock" and walk is "wark/wawk".

My pronunciation was way worse when I was a (younger) kid. Now it ain't so bad. Though I do say things quite differently to most people, around me... It's like an accent of sorts.

What is the difference between "wock", and "wawk"?

Never mind. I just figured it out.

"Walk" is "wa-ak" . There is a bit of glide to the "a". The vowel in "wok" is clipped short.

Of course if you live in upstate New York you will take "a whack around the black" (walk around the block).

Why are there so many topics and polls on how we pronounce things? Anyway, I think I say them pretty much the same way. I'm saying the two words to myself several times now to figure it out.

This reminds of the urban myth when the owner of a Korean restaurant asked a western couple on a trip if they'd like them to "wok" their dog, and the couple thought, "Oh how nice, they're going to 'walk' our dog while we wait for our food." And then they learned too late that they were horribly mistaken. But it's not true and it's a big huge racist stereotype.

Yes.