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Does anyone else think of a giant bee with a cowboy hat when they hear the name Beehaw? (beehaw.org)
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[–] Kamirose@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some northeastern US accents do something similar. Not sure the exact term for it but it is a linguistic thing. Words that end in A get turned into an R sound, like Emma sounding like Emmer.