Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · vor 1 JahrResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · vor 1 Jahrmessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·vor 1 JahrYeah I’m from the north of Australia and our bogan arse accent drops the r on the end of words too. No one says carrr It’s more like cah
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·vor 1 JahrAs far as extant English accents go, non-rhoticity is basically the default at this point. Most Americans and Canadians are rhotic, as are Irish and Scottish. Then a tiny number of English accents. That’s about it.
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·vor 1 JahrBut do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·vor 1 Jahrwe’re all so far away from eachother
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·vor 1 JahrAn Aussie complaining about Americans yelling? I’m confused.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·vor 1 JahrHearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.
Yeah I’m from the north of Australia and our bogan arse accent drops the r on the end of words too.
No one says carrr It’s more like cah
As far as extant English accents go, non-rhoticity is basically the default at this point. Most Americans and Canadians are rhotic, as are Irish and Scottish. Then a tiny number of English accents. That’s about it.
But do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
we’re all so far away from eachother
An Aussie complaining about Americans yelling?
I’m confused.
Hearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.