Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 天前Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 天前message-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 天前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.
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·9 天前But do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 天前we’re all so far away from eachother
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 天前An Aussie complaining about Americans yelling? I’m confused.
minus-squareeasily3667linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 天前Hearing loss from the firing range. If your American hosts are yelling, it’s a sign they plan to hunt you for sport later.
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.