From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Bob explained on 7/24/2023 :   
   > On Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:59:04 AM UTC-4, Roger House wrote:   
   >> Whenever I, or maybe I should say, my ears, hear a British person say a word   
   >> that ends with an A, the last part of the word doesn't sound the same as it   
   >> does when a, shall we say, born and raised in the U.S.A., "W.A.S.P."-y   
   >> person says the same word. Also, it's like this every time I hear it, no   
   >> matter what the word is, as long as it's one that ends with the letter A,   
   >> and it's a British person saying it. I'll give you an example. As I would   
   >> guess most people know, when it's properly pronounced, the word banana   
   >> sounds like, (although I don't know/remember where the accent goes), Buh -   
   >> na - nuh; with the NA part sounding like it does in the word NANNY. Using my   
   >> example, whenever I hear a British person, let's say Elton John, for   
   >> example, say the word banana, it sounds to MY ears like Buh - na - ner; with   
   >> the ER part sounding like it does in the word HER. If you understand WHAT   
   >> I'm asking based on how I'm asking it, and my ears are not deceiving me, why   
   >> is that?   
   >   
   > I never thought of "bananer" (or "p'tater") as a Britishism.  I associate it   
   > more with northeastern USA.  It sounds especially UNBritish to me.   
      
   No, it happens with some Brit accents, too.  (Where do you think the   
   Northeastern accent originated?)  But the Brits are better known for   
   turning "er" into "uh", especially at the end of words.  For example,   
   "remembuh" instead of "remember".  This is known as being   
   "non-rhotic"", but it happened after most of the Brit emigration to the   
   American colonies, so it isn't heard much in the US or Canada.   
      
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