Gamers_mate@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 13 days agoDoes anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
arrow-up185arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareWarpedtwistedbody@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-213 days agoIt has confused me, as I (And friends) pronounce it Bee Whore. It has made me look at bees in a new way. No shaming of bees, please. Edit: Maybe this is to do with my British accent?
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-213 days agoI mean, there’s emojis like bee snuggle fox available
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoCute emoji though I am not sure if that is a Bee sized Fox or a Fox sized Bee.
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·13 days agoI think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·13 days agoWhat? Not in my accent. Is yours one of those where “claws” and “doors” rhyme?
minus-squareGamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoYes Claws and Doors rhymes in my accent.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoHow else would you pronounce them?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days 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-up3·12 days agoClose enough, though “doors” is one syllable when I say it. Definitely not even a slant rhyme, though.
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 days agoIn what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
minus-squareKamirose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoSome 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.
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoAh, 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.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoCertain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.
It has confused me, as I (And friends) pronounce it Bee Whore. It has made me look at bees in a new way. No shaming of bees, please.
Edit: Maybe this is to do with my British accent?
I mean, there’s emojis like bee snuggle fox available
Cute emoji though I am not sure if that is a Bee sized Fox or a Fox sized Bee.
The answer is yes.
I think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.
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.
In what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?
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.
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.
Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.