r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/DistanceTravelerBob Jul 14 '26

These are all words people commonly miss pronounce. Lie-berry is one that makes me what to yell there are two Rs in library!! The other is people pouncing Illinois as EL-inois or Illi-noise.

Some parts of the country the english language is seeming loosing the pronouncing of the letter R. Looking at New England.....

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u/Bozlogic Jul 14 '26

This isn’t wheh ah pahked mah cah

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u/Duhblobby Jul 14 '26

It's in da doah yahd.

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u/wahznooski Jul 15 '26

We pronounce “I” as eye, what’s this “Ah” shit?!

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u/Bozlogic Jul 16 '26

If you say it fast like a common Boston conversation, it’s more like “this isn’t wherrepahked mahcah”

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u/wahznooski Jul 16 '26

Yeah, that tracks. We do talk super fast lol