Zagorath to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12cross-posted to: linguistics@sh.itjust.worksunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linguistics@sh.itjust.worksunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareAussiemandeuslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days 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-squareZagorathOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 days 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-squareAussiemandeuslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·17 days agoBut do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·17 days agowe’re all so far away from eachother
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoAn Aussie complaining about Americans yelling? I’m confused.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days agoHearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.
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.
Hearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.