Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) to ChatEnglish · 2 years agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-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 ) to ChatEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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 ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoKlaas and doh-errs.
minus-square ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
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.