Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoResearchers 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 · 1 year agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAs 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.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoBut do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agowe’re all so far away from eachother
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoAn Aussie complaining about Americans yelling? I’m confused.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoHearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.
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.