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(DIR) Post #AY7RFoMPw2IfjZC02K by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-07-27T12:02:28Z
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A listener pointed out that I drop the R when I say the word “forward,” so I looked into why I (and lots of other people) do it. You'll hear the same thing in words such as "surprise" and "caterpillar."https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/foward-and-forward/
(DIR) Post #AY7S0BJev3MuFZ0tO4 by tomw@mastodon.social
2023-07-27T12:10:49Z
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@grammargirl I (British/estuary-ish) drop a lot more letters than that - basically say "ford". There's certainly no W in there.
(DIR) Post #AY7T19Q1Yi9Gbq16Js by menelion@dragonscave.space
2023-07-27T12:22:13Z
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@grammargirl About your aunt's dog's name. I'm pretty sure it comes from Schatz, a German word literally meaning "treasure" but used to address your dearest beings, like "honey" or "darling".
(DIR) Post #AY7XQ7lpDxX2YMNTwO by veerrrsix@mastodon.online
2023-07-27T13:11:34Z
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@grammargirl good read! Have you done something like this for the L in “chalk”?
(DIR) Post #AY7Z9HVDzE09iri2U4 by ShakespeareGeek@toot.community
2023-07-27T13:30:46Z
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@grammargirl As a lifelong Bostonian I don't see a problem.
(DIR) Post #AY7Z9r99SljgGpev4q by lawwife78@mas.to
2023-07-27T13:30:55Z
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@grammargirl I had a friend who dropped the R in “Saturday.” Still not sure why she did that.
(DIR) Post #AY7bmVgTOU7suKnv1c by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-07-27T14:00:25Z
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@veerrrsix I haven't covered why people drop the L in words like "chalk" and "almond," but this looks like a good blog post about it. http://dialectblog.com/2011/05/26/the-trubbow-with-l-vocalization/
(DIR) Post #AY7bpwOQXzFgc300y8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-07-27T14:00:56Z
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@menelion Thank you!
(DIR) Post #AY7gUlXSCxUydbwZea by andrea_smandrea@zirk.us
2023-07-27T14:53:12Z
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@grammargirl as a central Canadian, i say my Rs ans Ls (though maybe not so obviously in *chalk*).
(DIR) Post #AY8CFG8BtYTxQ1mE9A by ptoothfish@mastodon.nz
2023-07-27T20:48:56Z
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@grammargirl nu zilland here dropping both Rs to say faw-wid
(DIR) Post #AY8SVNafWmS0SAo1cu by JohnDA@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-27T23:51:13Z
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@grammargirl New Zealand accent tends to drop r’s somewhat like (some) British English. The exception are the well-known (in NZ!) “rolled r’s” in Southland, at the bottom of the South Island https://teara.govt.nz/en/southland-region#:~:text=Southland%20is%20the%20only%20New%20Zealand%20region%20to%20have%20a%20distinct%20accentI’m pretty sure I say “FOURwid” and “parTIKyoular”, but “adVERSree” and “CATupilar”.Also, I was taught to pronounce ‘forehead’ as ”FORid’ (short o) and still do, but “FOURhed” is most common now in these parts.
(DIR) Post #AY8UwIkRq52TA8LSRk by EJGilbert@disabled.social
2023-07-28T00:18:30Z
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@grammargirl Lots of people drop the first R in February as well I've noticed.
(DIR) Post #AY8Y4wdzgsTF4o8hqS by alexch@ruby.social
2023-07-28T00:53:39Z
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@grammargirl @ewdocparris my favorite dissimilation is actually a twofer:entrepreneur => aunta panurr(the first R defers to the second R, which defers to the final R)
(DIR) Post #AY8bwQcdGNnrGJhH8q by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-07-28T01:36:56Z
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@JohnDA Interesting!
(DIR) Post #AY8u6He4hN3OwlQOcC by EclecticLee@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-07-28T05:00:09Z
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@grammargirl @veerrrsix You're supposed to pronounce the L in "chalk"???
(DIR) Post #AY9J4FbfnzCitmQeP2 by sarah11918@mastodon.social
2023-07-28T09:40:09Z
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@grammargirl My grandmother dropped the R in "brought." I have no explanation for that one!