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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·12 days agoFun fact: “Eeyore” is meant to be the sound a donkey makes, but it only works in a British accent.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-212 days agonot true, ive seen the MANGER BABIES and that texas donkey goes eeeeeyooore
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoI’m trying to pronounce it normal in my head but this is the only way I hear it in my head
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoHow else is it supposed to be pronounced?
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoWell I suppose the British pronunciation would be Eee-oar as well, but the ‘oar’ would probably sound more like ‘aww’ instead of the American R at the end. So Eee-aww sounds sort of like the ‘hee-haw’ sound a donkey might make.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoit’s more about how we write what we hear if seppos and brits say the same sound, they might spell it differently
Fun fact: “Eeyore” is meant to be the sound a donkey makes, but it only works in a British accent.
not true, ive seen the MANGER BABIES and that texas donkey goes eeeeeyooore
I’m trying to pronounce it normal in my head but this is the only way I hear it in my head
How do Americans pronounce it?
Eee-oar
How else is it supposed to be pronounced?
Well I suppose the British pronunciation would be Eee-oar as well, but the ‘oar’ would probably sound more like ‘aww’ instead of the American R at the end. So Eee-aww sounds sort of like the ‘hee-haw’ sound a donkey might make.
it’s more about how we write what we hear
if seppos and brits say the same sound, they might spell it differently