Lost for words?...

I would OF gone, too, if only I'd OF known about it!

Dontask, every time I hear a clip of TM uttering anything, she appears to be talking of, e.g.: getting the best deal for are country. Maybe it is a regional thing but it grates on my ears.

Drives me mad too, popsis

I would OF gone - arrrgh drives me nuts!!!

How can you tell if Theresa May is saying are or our? I've just said them to myself and they sound the same to me!

I think, though, with the spoken word, a word can sound different to how it is written. In conversation, we tend to speak more quickly, so that it seems as if some words have been shortened or blended into each other. There are, too, regional differences for the pronunciation of words so that, for example “our” can indeed sound like “are” when someone is saying something during a conversation. Now reading out loud, I think most people would read and say the words as they are spelt, with an accent perhaps, but not as different words.
Spelling is another matter of course, and writing “are house” rather than “our house” would be incorrect.

Scribbles... ?
I am ashamed to say.... and I can't believe I didn't notice.... that I've just seen on something I posted yesterday that the predictive text changed our to are!... how did I not see that!.... should have gone to Specsavers...lol!

Oh, this trend for are instead of our is driving me crazy! One of the worst offenders is Theresa May. Count how many times she says "are country". Aaaaaaagh!