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Why don't we voice the first R in "surprise"? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 days ago by Nemo@slrpnk.net to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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What distinguishes it from the R is "surplus", for example? In both cases it's followed by a P and another semiglide.

Apologies if this pronunciation is regional to the Western Hemisphere, but I'm very curious regardless.

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[–] titter@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

We don't?

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why don't we voice the first R in "surprise"?

Because you're pronouncing it wrong.

[–] titter@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You're pronouncing it wong. According to O.P.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 3 hours ago

Hahaha!!! That's a good point lol!

[–] konim@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English, a friend of mine was a linguistics major and loved talking about it. I also learned a nonstandard dialect is why my "coil" sounds like col. There was a NY times quiz that tried to figure out where you were from based on some word and pronunciation questions, I wonder if theres a similar one for Canada.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do. Why don’t you?