I was wondering is there a difference in the sound that an elongated vowel O sound makes vs OU. For example the words ヨーク vs The sound ヨウク would make(I’m not sure if it’s a real word just using it as an example). Now that I think about it too I’ve seen double vowels like おお being used outside of some wikipedia articles on Shinto deities
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The only difference is how long you speak the vowel, but there isn’t a difference between おお and おう sound, for example. I’m not sure the exact reason for why some words are spelled with おお vs. おう though.