submitted 1 week ago by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)

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[-] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

is it common to say [bɪr] in canada? i learned something!

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

It should be /ɹ/ or /ɚ/ instead of /r/.

[-] preussischblau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

/r/ is perfectly acceptable to represent that phoneme in a broad transcription. Would only be a problem had ~~he~~ they wrote [r].

[-] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

yeah true. thx. i was just a bit puzzeled bc i assumed [ ].

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