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lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

how do British people pronounce the word "heir"?

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how do British people pronounce the word "heir"?

lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago
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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    Depends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.

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      Is that because they watched American cinema?

      • OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net
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        No, we just have a lot of accents. Plenty of up north and midlands folk would pronounce it ‘erbs’ and some working class London accents would too.

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