Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agodifferent vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”) different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
What? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
Yes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
How else would you pronounce them?
different vowel sounds (short A like “father” versus long O like “oat”)
different final sounds (one ends with the mouth still on the vowel sound, one ends with an R sound)
Klaas and doh-errs.
Close enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.