• Gamers_mate@beehaw.orgOP
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    5 months ago

    I think that is how most people pronounce it because Yee haw kind of sounds like yee whore. though it has a very different meaning.

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        4 months ago

        Some northeastern US accents do something similar. Not sure the exact term for it but it is a linguistic thing. Words that end in A get turned into an R sound, like Emma sounding like Emmer.

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          4 months ago

          Ah, I thought that was largely an Appalachian thing. But I guess that isn’t quite the same since I don’t think “haw” sounds like “whore” down there.

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        5 months ago

        Certain British accents (like a London accent) have an ‘aw’ in particular sound like ‘or’. Not sure about Australian.