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-squareKamirose ( Kamirose@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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 ( rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.
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.