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Here's how I pronounce the two and I hope I don't lose my job:
aural = AWR - uhl (or: awr = are)
oral = OHR - uhl (or: ohr = or/ore)
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now, if you'd said "corral" rather than "chorale"... -- and I thought it was you USns that were all for using the fewest possible letters!  "Of coral are his bones ..." "Of wooden stakes are his corral" 
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Carpal Tunnel
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ja, I might give aural a bit of the "aw" sound, but I usually just point at my ears...
formerly known as etaoin...
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the fewest possible letters!
But no fewer.
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old hand
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"oral" rhymes with "coral" rather than with "choral"
Whaaaaa???? "Choral" and "coral" are homophones in my universe. What about other au- words? "Aurora" has the same sound as "aural" and "oral", for me, anyway.
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I'm with Rhuby.
"oral" rhymes with "coral" rather than with "choral" and "choral" is like "core", as in apple, and rhymes with "aural". But that's just how *we say them. Whatever works for *you, that's fine.
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"oral" … "coral" … "choral" … "choral" … "core" … "aural"
Uh-huh (or should that be ur-hur?)
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ur-hur
Wasn't he Ben's original, rather primitive, ancestor?
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