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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Warship “wor ship” and worship “wur ship”.

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[-] Iusedtobeanadventurer@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

I pronounce them the same. Grew up on the west coast.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I pronounce them the same. Grew up on the east coast.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

I pronounce them differently, and I grew up on the West coast, too. California, in my case. Did you grow up in Warshington?

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 0 points 8 months ago

I grew up in WA and I say it how OP does. I wonder there this person is from, too.

[-] CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Anything to do with ‘r’s is a bit contentious. Like America still uses ‘r’s how they’re written.

Now the British are like “Goodness me, you still pronounce the ‘r’ in cah and fah? How uncouth, we’ve moved those pesky ‘r’s to other words ages ago”.

“Moved to where?”

“Any word ending in the lettah ‘a’ I suppose.”

this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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