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minus-squaremaria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month ago Those are our priorities … what’s the funny here?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoTry saying it out loud. And looking closely at the picture. Spoiler Well, you’re not gonna get it, if you’re unaware of what a seal sounds like. It sounds like when you say “are our”. 🫠
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI always thought they sounded like their name, like “seeeal seeeal”. And then as they evolved they made funnier noises. …sorry, thinking on Pokémon.
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThis particular seal sounds like FWHHHH GUHH MMMGG GGUHHH but that’s splitting hairs
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago Rhoticity vs. stress áre our are óur Non-rhotic (e.g. RP) ['ɑ:.ɹɑ:.ə:] [ə’.ɹaʊ̯.ə:] Rhotic (e.g. Canadian Standard) ['ɑ.ɹɑ.ɹ̩] [ɹ̩.'əʊ̯.ɹ̩] Or something like this. No matter dialect this sequence sounds like a repetititititive mess.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLinguistic left overs from the brief Seal Conquest famously broken in Hastings in 1066.
… what’s the funny here?
Try saying it out loud.
And looking closely at the picture.
Spoiler
Well, you’re not gonna get it, if you’re unaware of what a seal sounds like. It sounds like when you say “are our”. 🫠
I always thought they sounded like their name, like “seeeal seeeal”. And then as they evolved they made funnier noises.
…sorry, thinking on Pokémon.
This particular seal sounds like FWHHHH GUHH MMMGG GGUHHH but that’s splitting hairs
Or something like this. No matter dialect this sequence sounds like a repetititititive mess.
Linguistic left overs from the brief Seal Conquest famously broken in Hastings in 1066.