94
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2024
94 points (100.0% liked)
Chat
7480 readers
28 users here now
Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
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.
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.
Ah, I thought that was largely an Appalachian thing. But I guess that isn't quite the same since I don't think "haw" sounds like "whore" down there.
Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an 'aw' in particular sound like 'or'. Not sure about Australian.