Do British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R?

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• fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We kind of go “brur”.

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• GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fookin wank shrinka innit

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• Deebster@infosec.pub ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tbh, I don’t think you really understand how the non-rhotic accent works. In this case, the /r/ would be fully pronounced, as if would be at the start of a word. Say bread, elongate the r and skip the ed part and you have what it sounds like.

  If you’re very used to hearing the bunched r, it still might sound softer, but even in the USA (where most people use it) it’s still common to hear retroflex r there.

  I’m ignoring the other r sounds, but you do find a lot of them across the various regional English accents.

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• wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No, we say “FUCK! It’s cold”.

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  • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or “fucking freezing init”

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    • BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ih ah bit coal oot?

      at least that waht it sounded like up north yorks when I first moved there from New Zealand

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• onyxjet@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Does anyone actually say brr?? 🤔

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Like, all the time.

    Every time i get out of shower (barring summer), for one.

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  • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I do!

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• NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Brrrritish

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bwiddith

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• Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I dont even say “brr” i jist go “fuck its colllld” and shake on the l.

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What a wonderful mental scene you have crafted for us. Thank you.

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• Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In French it sounds like Chewbacca

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  • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I literally laughed out loud at this 😆

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  • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

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• kux@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If it is particularly taters out it can be done by clenching your teeth, lips together but not firmly closed, saying ‘buh’ and blowing. The ‘rrrr’ is produced by your lips flapping together. It is quite fun to do

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• BmeBenji@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t have the answer but I’ve always thought it was interesting that British-English spells the filler words that Americans normally write as “uhh” or “um” as “er” or “erm”

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• ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m Australian. I say something closer to “buh”, but I introduce vibrato to the sound down near my vocal cords, rather than by trilling the R in my mouth

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  • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Interesting, I can see that.

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• CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Now I’m just imagining a Scotsman pronouncing it and really rolling that R 😂

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• Im_old@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Poorly

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• kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If they can brrap, they can brr

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• DrMoronicAcid@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’d have thought different regions have their own way of saying they’re cold - for example up north, I’m “nithered” is a reasonably common way to say you’re cold…

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not usually, I wouldn’t, but if I would I would pronounce the r like short oo with vocal fry

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