Submitted 11 months ago by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I feel like it would be hard to say “brr” with an English accent, because the soft R would just make it sound like “buh”.
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
We kind of go “brur”.
If they can brrap, they can brr
Skidi pap pap!
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”
Fookin wank shrinka innit
Right-o
Does anyone actually say brr?? 🤔
Like, all the time.
Every time i get out of shower (barring summer), for one.
I do!
I dont even say “brr” i jist go “fuck its colllld” and shake on the l.
What a wonderful mental scene you have crafted for us. Thank you.
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.
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
Interesting, I can see that.
In French it sounds like Chewbacca
I literally laughed out loud at this 😆
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…
Not usually, I wouldn’t, but if I would I would pronounce the r like short oo with vocal fry
Now I’m just imagining a Scotsman pronouncing it and really rolling that R 😂
No, we say “FUCK! It’s cold”.
Or “fucking freezing init”
“OI BRUV, OM FREEZIN ME BLOODY BALLS OFF, ETS ONLY A FHUCKIN CHEWSDAY INNIT??”
ih ah bit coal oot?
at least that waht it sounded like up north yorks when I first moved there from New Zealand
Poorly
Brrrritish
Bwiddith
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Nah they go, “Blimey, guvna! I’m freezin’ me bits off, innit? It’s bloomin’ chilly, ain’t it? I’m perished, mate! Me teeth are chatterin’ like a bunch of chimps, I am! Oi, pass me a cuppa, would ya? I need somethin’ to warm me cockles, mate! I need to have a nice cuppa rosie lee.”
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Thank you, very informative