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[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago (2 children)

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ "Baadel a waader" πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

It’s actually pronounced more like β€œmurn doo”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Baadlewader now watch this commercial.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

That is rad, keep on tripping little baby...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It must be nice for British people when they get home and can take a load off and can stop doing the accent

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

There are almost 40 different British accents and dialects that sound very different from each other.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

4th pic: BOER WAR

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

THAT'S how Americans think British people pronounce it? I was looking at the image for ages trying to sound it out.

Please tell me no one seriously thinks this?

"Worst" case I can think of is "Bo'el o' wa'er" and even that is incredibly limited to like...four boroughs of London.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yeah cuz "bo'el o' wa'er" is soooo different from the meme lmfao what

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is. The meme has four glottel stops, this has three. The meme has the "el" removed, this doesn't. Weirdly, the meme has the "o" sound removed for for "of" as well.

It's an entirely fictitious way of pronouncing something, it equates a very, very small subset of the country with "Britain" and is a great example of "fake American British accent" becoming the "norm" to the extent where British voice actors are training to put on voices to sound "more British" (such as Tracer in Overwatch).

The meme might as well say "burdle der wurder" and claim it's how American's say it - kinda close, but also really far 🀷

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Burdle der warter?? Uh hardly evun knew the wurtur!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I have no idea how British people pronounce it, I don't believe I've ever discussed water bottles with a British person. I jut saw the meme and was reminded of another meme I'd once seen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why'd you timestamp it right at the end of the video, tho?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Uh, by accident. I'll edit the link.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

chad winnie the poo - tap water*

*(cleaned if required)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Best in Scotland and the Lake District

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

In my house it's botta watta.

No, not from New England, that's just how that phrase comes out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I can't judge. 'R's are a pain in the ass for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Bladder of wada.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Why do you pronounce "le" as "el"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Shouldn't it be the other way around 😏

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Made me smile. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe I'm stupid I always called them "water bottles"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

[email protected] won't amused by this post

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Bottle o' water

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

*sad Andrew Tate noises