-or pronounced with a long O

CompressOR

Normally in English, when a word ends with "-or", the O takes the schwa sound. Occasionally in the Homestar Runner cartoons, the O is pronounced with a long vowel.

Appearances

• Email band names — The first band name that Strong Bad invents is "Lazor", pronounced with a long O.
• Email other days — Strong Bad pronounces "instructor" using a long O.
  • Lappynapped! — Dolph Hauldhagen uses the same pronunciation to refer to himself in an Easter egg.
• Original Book — In the DVD version, the narrator pronounces "competitor" this way.
• Email rock opera — Anonymous Contributor and his "parents" get their last name pronounced with a long O by Strong Bad.
  • Fan Costumes 2016 — A fan dresses up as Anonymous, and Strong Bad again pronounces "Contributor" with a long O.
• Email narrator — Strong Bad pronounces "Factor Z" with a long O.
• Drive Thru — Strong Bad and The Cheat use "The CompressOR" to launch a model rocket to Europa in hopes of bringing back Europa-pean lobsters.
• Email more armies — The motto of The Municipality is "honor, valor, buttor", all pronounced with a long O.
• Email concert — Strong Bad tells the sender not to impersonate "The Burninator", pronouncing it with a long O.
• Email buried — Strong Bad and the announcer pronounce "metal detector" with a long O.
• Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom — Dangeresque pronounces "detonator" with a long O.

See Also

• -ant pronounced with a hard A
• "Man" pronounced as "m'n"
• "Er" pronounced as "Oi"
• Words Ending in -o