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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 months agoFun fact: “Eeyore” is meant to be the sound a donkey makes, but it only works in a British accent.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoHow do Americans pronounce it?
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoHow else is it supposed to be pronounced?
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoit’s more about how we write what we hear if seppos and brits say the same sound, they might spell it differently
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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-up8·edit-25 months agonot true, ive seen the MANGER BABIES and that texas donkey goes eeeeeyooore
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI’m trying to pronounce it normal in my head but this is the only way I hear it in my head
Fun fact: “Eeyore” is meant to be the sound a donkey makes, but it only works in a British accent.
How do Americans pronounce it?
Eee-oar
How else is it supposed to be pronounced?
it’s more about how we write what we hear
if seppos and brits say the same sound, they might spell it differently
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.
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