Work or Walk? A Vowel Ear Test

Neither Korean nor Japanese has a vowel that behaves like English /ɜːr/ (the sound in "bird," "work," "her"), so it commonly gets flattened toward the nearest existing vowel — often landing close to /ɔː/, which is exactly what "walk" uses.

Same start, same end. The middle three letters decide everything — let's test that middle.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds