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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 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-23 days agonot true, ive seen the MANGER BABIES and that texas donkey goes eeeeeyooore
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 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-up4·3 days agoHow else is it supposed to be pronounced?
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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-up3·3 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.
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?
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.