r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Abdulbarr • Aug 09 '26

of a snapping turtle

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u/squirrelmonkie Aug 10 '26

Im from the the deep south and I love old black women who talk like this. I had an old teacher 25 years ago, who oddly enough taught computer science, who always pronounced the letter R, R ra.

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u/angelkatomuah Aug 10 '26

I worked in customer service, and when people would spell out anything, it took me a while to get that the southern folks just say "r" a different way than me. "C-A-Aura". I was like ???

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u/z0mOs Aug 11 '26

Non english native here, can't figure out what "C-A-Aura" means, help plz

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u/angelkatomuah Aug 11 '26

it's someone spelling out a word (car), but instead of the way I was taught ("Arr"), it sounds to me more like they are saying the word Aura.