Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10
arrow-up194arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
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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.
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Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.