Does anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw? Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) ChatEnglish • 7 months ago message-square31arrow-up194
arrow-up194message-squareDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw? Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) ChatEnglish • 7 months ago message-square31
minus-square Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoI think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish14•7 months agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-square Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agodifferent vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”) different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoKlaas and doh-errs.
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
minus-square rand_alpha19 ( @rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com ) linkfedilink8•7 months agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-square Kamirose ( @Kamirose@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months 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-square rand_alpha19 ( @rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com ) linkfedilink1•7 months 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-square t3rmit3 ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
I think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
What? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
Yes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
How else would you pronounce them?
different vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”)
different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
Klaas and doh-errs.
Close enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
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.