• PatMustard@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    epiddomee

    I know Americans pronounce Ts as Ds, but reading it explicitly written down is like being poked in the eye

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          8 months ago

          Most English people have a non-rhotic accent, meaning not pronouncing the r after vowels so words like “better” become “betta”.

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            8 months ago

            This one seems like it’s very accent-dependent. A cockney geezer will definitely say “be’aah”, but a geordie would say "be’eh and someone from the west country would say “betterrrr”. I think the American pronunciation makes the R sound a lot longer (you can tell I don’t know all the property linguistics words!) so anything shorter probably sounds weird to you.

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              8 months ago

              I’m sure it’s definitely regional, just like accents in the US. But generally in England at least it’s non-rhotic. I know Scotland is different, maybe Wales too