Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
arrow-up142arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoYeah 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-up10·2 months 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-down4·2 months agoBut do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agowe’re all so far away from eachother
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoAn Aussie complaining about Americans yelling? I’m confused.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month agodeleted by creator
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.
deleted by creator