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by int_19h 1067 days ago
In English, that "o" is a diphthong, for starters - something like [oʊ] usually

Whether it sounds the same to you or not in different languages/dialects depends on how many "o-like" sounds your native language has. If it's just one, then e.g. [o] and [ɔ] can be hard to distinguish, because you're used to treating them as the same thing manifesting in different contexts.