Dipetik dari Quora: Because that was how the British pronounced it when they were here. Many former British colonies such as Malaysia, Burma, India, Nigeria etc also maintained the same pronunciation. Additionally, some countries also pronounce “sour” as “sa”. It isn’t the case that the pronunciation changed after the British left. It’s actually the standard in the United Kingdom, Received Pronunciation (RP) that changed, other countries just left it as it is. RP goes through many changes because it’s a widely used English dialect. (Just like how Mandarin is much more deviant from Middle Chinese than Cantonese or Hakka because it’s the official language.) My family has been speaking English for generations and my English-educated grandfather pronounces “flour” the same way. So did other English-educated people like Lee Kuan Yew. The last governor of the Crown Colony of Singapore probably also said “fla” before he boarded the ship back to England. Other unique pronunciations are the way we pronounce bed, dead, head, red etc. In short, THESE ARE NOT MISPRONUNCIATIONS.
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