why do brits put r's where there are none??

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 09:04 AM

This reporter manages to put an "r" in the word "media" (@47 seconds). WTF is wrong with you people?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...15770185?f=rss

DeadDiscoDildo · 10.23.2010, 09:39 AM

Kentuckians do it too!

Warsh your clothes boy.

Why do people from new england remove "r"s?

paawk ya caaaah, retaaaahd

space · 10.23.2010, 10:04 AM

2.5/10 trolling

we've already been through this.

you would have earned bonus points for defending (white) gravy.

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 10:07 AM

hahaha

to make it more correct: why do brits and hicks put r's where there are none??

I LOVE white gravy.

Genteel Death · 10.23.2010, 10:18 AM

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 10:39 AM

I love asian people! I am dating one actually.

I still laugh every time you fucking brits put r's in shit that makes no sense. It is mind blowing how you slip them in sometimes.

Genteel Death · 10.23.2010, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hevusa

I love asian people! I am dating one actually.

I still laugh every time you fucking brits put r's in shit that makes no sense. It is mind blowing how you slip them in sometimes.

I'm from Italy and live in the UK. Have you ever heard any other accents from here to claim that everyone puts extra Rs where there shouldn't be any?
Also

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 11:11 AM

Mediarrrrrrr matey

atsonicpark · 10.23.2010, 12:31 PM

it's a flying circus thing

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 02:49 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_and_intrusive_R

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 02:55 PM

So do some British people think that Brits who add r's sound like twats/hicks?

How does this work really? Cause that is how it works in America.

ann ashtray · 10.23.2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hevusa

So do some British people think that Brits who add r's sound like twats/hicks?

How does this work really? Cause that is how it works in America.

It's like that nearly everywhere, man.

Glice · 10.23.2010, 05:38 PM

I speak rhotic. You are a fuckwit. No-one has dominion over pronunciation. And, regardless, you really are a fuckwit. A pitiable one at that.

Edit: I'll note that rarely do non-English accents use the 'r' you're talking about.

demonrail666 · 10.23.2010, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hevusa

So do some British people think that Brits who add r's sound like twats/hicks?

How does this work really? Cause that is how it works in America.

Although that news clip is in England (literally a few minutes away from where I grew up, to be specific) he's actually Scottish, which is pretty distinct - accent wise - from what most would call 'standard' English. I doubt if any English person listening to him would make any value judgement about the way he spoke other than recognising that he was Scottish - which by and large isn't stigmatised at all.

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 08:29 PM

He?

I just checked and they changed the video in the original link. Here is the video I was referring to (@47 seconds):

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/vid...n_East_London_

mediarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

demonrail666 · 10.23.2010, 08:50 PM

Haha, yeah, she does. The 'r' is like a transition sound between the two words. I just tried it and I do exactly the same thing. It'd feel physically difficult for me to say both words seperately, like "media ... attention". My mouth naturally forms the 'r' sound straight after saying "media", but while it sounds the same as you're describing, in my head it's more "media rattention". Hmm, interesting, which comes out as, "intrestin", if I say it out loud. Sorry, I have a strange fascination with that kind of thing ... which comes out as "fing", incidentally.

the ikara cult · 10.23.2010, 08:58 PM

you fackin cant

hevusa · 10.23.2010, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Haha, yeah, she does. The 'r' is like a transition sound between the two words. I just tried it and I do exactly the same thing. It'd feel physically difficult for me to say both words seperately, like "media ... attention". My mouth naturally forms the 'r' sound straight after saying "media", but while it sounds the same as you're describing, in my head it's more "media rattention". Hmm, interesting, which comes out as, "intrestin", if I say it out loud. Sorry, I have a strange fascination with that kind of thing ... which comes out as "fing", incidentally.

haha. finally a brit with a sense of humor about it. Cheers!
I think the pirate "R" thing is cute but know that I laugh my "arse" off every time you people do it. I just don't understand your need to insert the R everywhere.

FING! hahahaha. great stuff. I love the accent... I really do. This stuff just cracks me up. Ever since I was in England when I was like 10 and some woman at a counter asked my "mum": "and something for the kiddie?". I had a hard time controlling my facial expressions/laughter hearing it. I think I said that line in a fake British accent for years.

good stuff.

demonrail666 · 10.23.2010, 09:09 PM

the "fackin" thing has never made sense to me when it's applied to people in London. We never say it like that. People say "fookin" in parts of the north but, if anything, everyone in London treats the u, as an "uh", but definitely not as an a, or "ah".

demonrail666 · 10.23.2010, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hevusa

haha. finally a brit with a sense of humor about it. Cheers!
I think the pirate "R" thing is cute but know that I laugh my "arse" off every time you people do it. I just don't understand your need to insert the R everywhere.

FING! hahahaha. great stuff. I love the accent... I really do. This stuff just cracks me up. Ever since I was in England when I was like 10 and some woman at a counter asked my "mum": "and something for the kiddie?". I had a hard time controlling my facial expressions/laughter hearing it. I think I said that line in a fake British accent for years.

good stuff.

Yeah, I love that stuff too. I'm sure I mentioned this in another thread about being asked to say "mary", marry" and "merry" when i was in America because when I said it they all sounded completely different but when the people who asked me said it they sounded exactly the same. This was in Ohio, so I'm not sure if that's something specific to that region or not.

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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	This reporter manages to put an "r" in the word "media" (@47 seconds). WTF is wrong with you people? http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...15770185?f=rss
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	hahaha to make it more correct: why do brits and hicks put r's where there are none?? I LOVE white gravy.
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	I love asian people! I am dating one actually. I still laugh every time you fucking brits put r's in shit that makes no sense. It is mind blowing how you slip them in sometimes.
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	Mediarrrrrrr matey
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_and_intrusive_R
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	So do some British people think that Brits who add r's sound like twats/hicks? How does this work really? Cause that is how it works in America.
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	He? I just checked and they changed the video in the original link. Here is the video I was referring to (@47 seconds): http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/vid...n_East_London_ mediarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Haha, yeah, she does. The 'r' is like a transition sound between the two words. I just tried it and I do exactly the same thing. It'd feel physically difficult for me to say both words seperately, like "media ... attention". My mouth naturally forms the 'r' sound straight after saying "media", but while it sounds the same as you're describing, in my head it's more "media rattention". Hmm, interesting, which comes out as, "intrestin", if I say it out loud. Sorry, I have a strange fascination with that kind of thing ... which comes out as "fing", incidentally.
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	you fackin cant __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	the "fackin" thing has never made sense to me when it's applied to people in London. We never say it like that. People say "fookin" in parts of the north but, if anything, everyone in London treats the u, as an "uh", but definitely not as an a, or "ah".
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