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I am surprised they started with the t’s. It’s the r’s or lack of the r’s that stand out the most to me in conversations. Source: English spouse and Australian
by leovander 5y ago
I am surprised they started with the t’s. It’s the r’s or lack of the r’s that stand out the most to me in conversations.
Source: English spouse and Australian best friend
- mrmincent 5y agoAs an Aussie it’s definitely the T’s that always stand out for me when listening to American English. Specifically the word “important”, to me it always sounds like it’s pronounced by Americans like “impor-en’”
- SamReidHughes 5y agoWhen I was a kid there were some Australians in town for a youth lacrosse tournament just outside Philadelphia. The most confounding thing for them was figuring out what we meant by "wooder" (a popular beverage, sometimes fatal).
- jsmith99 5y agoMany British English accents don't like the letter T. Eg Cockney might replace it with a glottal stop, turning butter into bu'er.
- School-Cotton 5y agoGeneral American (or at least my version of it) replaces the t in butter with an alveolar tap.
- devilbunny 5y agoPossibly shaped by the fact that people who speak New York accents reduce T's even more than most Americans. I'll tap, but most NY/New Jersey accents barely even glottal stop.