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-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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-square29fedilink
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-up0·5 months agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
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.
In what accent does a W have an R sound? 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.
What? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
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.
Yes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.