• Kamirose@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      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.

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        6 months ago

        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.

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      6 months ago

      Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.