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Old 2011-04-17, 21:44   Link #147
Raiga
tl;dr
 
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Age: 32
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Originally Posted by Malkuth View Post
トル (toru) -> normal 'o'
トオル (tooru) -> halt exhaling between the two 'o'
トウル (touru) -> long 'o'

But for me it is very hard to tell the difference (my native language hasn't any more long vowels), so you're better off asking either a native speaker or someone who studies japanese seriously, I do it just for fun.
So far as I know there is no difference in how the long o is pronounced whether it's written おお or おう. The only time there would be a difference is if the う is a verb ending, and not a vowel extender; the verb 拾う (ひろう) would thus not be pronounced like ひろお.
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