Wtf is going on in Australia (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Savirius@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[-] Savirius@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

To explain: /eː/ and /oː/ exist in Australian English, but they're the vowels in SQUARE and NORTH respectively, so Australians don't naturally associate them with foreign /e/ and /o/. If you can force an Australian to say "care-sore", it sounds remarkably like Spanish "queso"!

[-] TugOfWarCrimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

As an Australian, I am ashamed at how long I sat here saying "care-sore... queso" to myself over and over listening to how strangely similar they do sound when I think about it

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