Why do Brits put R's on things? Is it some old English throwback or something?
@fullnihilism i am told this is something to do with inter-word breaks and that British people sort of don't hear the Rs
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@chaosprime so it's not necessarily a part of the word? -
@fullnihilism yeah, it's definitely separate, and according to what i was told should only occur in the middle of a sentence -
@chaosprime Huh very interesting
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@chaosprime it's like saying the H in honesty? -
@fullnihilism that's another issue; that (and "herb") are hypercorrections that arise because lower class British dialects drop Hs -
@fullnihilism given how 80% of human behavior is explained by class status anxiety i wonder what would happen if we ever eliminated it -
@fullnihilism probably the sudden cognitive surplus would result in the total extinguishment of civilization in a rush of bad ideas - End of conversation
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@fullnihilism it's always weird to me b/c a Brit accent is supposed to be so "classy" but "idear" scans very hick to me from my childhood -
@chaosprime lol same I grew up in the south. Warshington and adding additional letters does hit my hick radar ya
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