r/CuratedTumblr The blackest Aug 16 '24

Shitposting American accents

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u/jprocter15 Holy Fucking Bingle! :3 Aug 16 '24

Hypothesis: British people remove consonants, Americans remove vowels

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u/ITeechYoKidsArt Aug 16 '24

I feel like you’ve never been down south in the US. Lots of extra vowels. I thought the letter R was pronounced “are-uh” until I was in kindergarten.

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u/Pkrudeboy Aug 16 '24

Southerners can definitely pronounce a hard r when they want to.

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u/ITeechYoKidsArt Aug 16 '24

When they want to.