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redwattlebird@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The way ‘herbs’ or ‘erbs’ (as some pronounce it) drives me absolutely nuts.

Also, ‘mirror’ where it sounds like ‘meer’ drives me nuts.

I definitely prefer British English. Love reading the old Agatha Christie books. E.g. “My word!” The colonel ejaculated, “I do believe that she’s dead!”

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milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
In the Black Panther they talk about the “heart-shaped 'erb,” and it sounds so strange to me, I always think it should then be “'art-shaped 'erb!”

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- NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Wakanda is a high-tech nation hidden in the jungles of the East Riding.
  
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SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That “meer” thing has to do with where you are in America. Same with words like “roof” or “pecan”.

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- redwattlebird@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yep, I’m not doubting that.
  
  I have to say, though, my most favourite American accent is the Minnesota one. Fargo helped make it all sound very endearing. Unsure how they pronounce mirror. Perhaps it’s ‘meer’.
  
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