Gamers_mate ( @Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ) to ChatEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-square rand_alpha19 ( @rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-square Kamirose ( @Kamirose@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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 ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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 ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
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.