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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (23 children)

One of 3 jokes.

Its either either :

"loicence"

Haha no spices

Or "bad teeth"

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Don't forget the bizarre "r" into everything like drawring, the lawr, etc.

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Thats more American in my experience That and completely dropping entire parts of words for absolutely no reason I can understand

Ex. Comfortable somehow becomes comftable. Drawer becomes drawr. Wednesday becomes wensday

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People (I'm in the US) are pretty much always astonished to realize, when I ask them to say the word "important", that they more often than not will pronounce zero of the T's in the word, when I point out that they didn't.

It always really stuck out to me as a kid when Shawnee Smith (probably most famous for the Saw movies now), on the old sitcom Becker, would always enunciate the T's in that word—that's what made me realize how weird it was that everyone wasn't saying it that way, lol.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There's a lot of commonality there.

Example:

https://youtu.be/x-xTttimcNk

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And hhherbs, because there's a fucking H in it!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've only ever heard that "added r" thing when watching BBC stuff. Can you link me to some Americans saying drawring instead of drawing, for example?

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Huh thats really interesting ive never heard that on BBC

Its all over the place in New England especially in MA

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I didnt know people from Boston could pronounce Rs at any point, let alone add more. "Pahk the cah."

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Hm, I'll try and find some examples. It just fascinates me how things like language evolve chaotically, like tiny changes that somehow then become the new equilibrium point.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The added r shows up in American Midland dialect. Wash becomes warsh, etc

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting, thanks.

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