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 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 • 8 months ago message-square31
minus-square Kamirose ( @Kamirose@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 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•8 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.
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.