Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 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 · 11 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agodifferent vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”) different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
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minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 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.
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minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
I think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
What? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
Yes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
How else would you pronounce them?
different vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”)
different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
Klaas and doh-errs.
Close enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
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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.