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 • 8 days ago message-square31arrow-up193
arrow-up193message-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 • 8 days ago message-square31
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish14•8 days agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-square Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 days agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 days agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days 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 days agoKlaas and doh-errs.
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 days agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
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.