Zagorath@aussie.zone to LinguisticsEnglish · 11 months agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath@aussie.zone to LinguisticsEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarethetreesaysbarklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoWhilst interesting, ‘fear’ is not appropriate in this headline.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoRight, it would be pronounced “feah”
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAs another non-rhotic speaker, I feel called out by this.
Whilst interesting, ‘fear’ is not appropriate in this headline.
Right, it would be pronounced “feah”
As another non-rhotic speaker, I feel called out by this.