Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 days agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoSome northeastern US accents do something similar. Not sure the exact term for it but it is a linguistic thing. Words that end in A get turned into an R sound, like Emma sounding like Emmer.
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoAh, I thought that was largely an Appalachian thing. But I guess that isn’t quite the same since I don’t think “haw” sounds like “whore” down there.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
In what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
Some northeastern US accents do something similar. Not sure the exact term for it but it is a linguistic thing. Words that end in A get turned into an R sound, like Emma sounding like Emmer.
Ah, I thought that was largely an Appalachian thing. But I guess that isn’t quite the same since I don’t think “haw” sounds like “whore” down there.
Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.