pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDo British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareDo British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
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”.
minus-squareBmeBenji@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI 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”
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”