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Hongkong English Doesn’t Pronounce the Letter ‘R’
lvlrsSTI

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#1

22-07-2022, 01:57 PM
For example,

Professor ==> Pofessor
Professional ==> Pofessional 
Friend ==> Fiend
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22-07-2022, 02:00 PM
Tongue can’t roll
 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him" (Proverbs 26:4)
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22-07-2022, 02:03 PM
(22-07-2022, 02:00 PM)Lukongsimi Wrote:  Tongue can’t roll

Possibly  Big Grin
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22-07-2022, 02:03 PM
So rape become lape.
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22-07-2022, 02:10 PM
ape

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22-07-2022, 02:20 PM
(22-07-2022, 02:03 PM)Alice Alicia Wrote:  So rape become lape.

Rice ==> lice
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22-07-2022, 02:23 PM
Crow becomes cow
 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him" (Proverbs 26:4)
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22-07-2022, 02:23 PM
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#9

22-07-2022, 02:23 PM
(22-07-2022, 01:57 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote:  For example,

Professor ==> Pofessor
Professional ==> Pofessional 
Friend ==> Fiend

Honkee pronounce R as ar-ler.....
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22-07-2022, 02:25 PM
British ==> Beetish
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22-07-2022, 02:53 PM
I have a Hong Kong colleague in all his presentation he will pronounce "session" as "section".... don't understand why?
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22-07-2022, 03:16 PM
correct is collect
dun worry is dun wolly
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#13

22-07-2022, 03:28 PM
Same as the Japanese. They can't roll their tongues.
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22-07-2022, 03:56 PM
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22-07-2022, 04:04 PM
Honglish

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