Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 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.
In what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about 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.