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But Brits can't pronounce their own words properly half the time, in English! Ask a Brit to pronounce "drawing" - you'll get "drawring" back. Source: expat li
by bradwood 4y ago
But Brits can't pronounce their own words properly half the time, in English! Ask a Brit to pronounce "drawing" - you'll get "drawring" back.
Source: expat living in Britain
- I_complete_me 4y agoI believe it's called the intrusive 'r'. The upside of it is that it makes the following joke work: What do you call a one-eyed dinosaur? A dyathinkhesawus. Without the intrusive 'r' this joke would not work.
- bradwood 4y agoI moaned about this on https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/317198/the-r-sound-in-drawing-in-british-english https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/317198/the-r-sou.... Some good answers to the linked dupe.
- I_complete_me 4y agoDid not know about that discussion. As a "rhotic" person it makes me wince but I accept different accents. In any chat that leans towards getting heavy on this I refer people to The (great) Proclaimers song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066oSmDRKPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066oSmDRKPA