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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

*Harbour, you fuckin degenerate ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

At least we actually pronounce the R instead of somehow cancelling it by adding an unpronounced letter.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Says the guy that sounds like they're having an aneurysm when saying "squirrel" or "mirror" ๐Ÿ˜œ

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Wait what accent does thatโ€ฝ

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Nope, I've only heard ๐‘•๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ป๐‘ค and ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ผ

You must have only ever met those really weird Appalachian folks that apparently retained most of Shakespeare's English

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

A) You don't hear yourself doing it, others do. I should know, being Scottish

B) That factoid was made up by a journalist to fill column inches and is utter nonsense

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Isn't your accent the one that pronounces r as some mutation of a german รผ soundโ€ฝ

Does any non received r just sound like a stroke to you peopleโ€ฝ

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Fuckin hell, Phlubba, haud yer wheesht an away bile yer heid! ๐Ÿ˜‚

You would think if yanks were this defensive, they'd have won at least one of the last dozen wars they'd started ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜œ

[-] Glytch@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 months ago

Unless you're from Boston, in which case it's pronounced "Hah-bah"

[-] LoamImprovement@ttrpg.network 5 points 11 months ago

Pahk yah cah in the hahbah cah-pahk, Mahk!

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