I have a very important question...

[Janszoon]

Yeah Jimmy's right, it's pronounced like the ladies name Carol 😂. There is not a single Scottish person that can say the male name Karl 🫣

That's funny, hard for me to imagine how they could sound the same. At least it's not as bad as Andrew Lincoln where he's doing an American accent. "CORAL!"

[jimmy jazz]

Not quite the same but my granddad is from Belfast and would pronounce film like 'fillum'.

I am familiar with the Weegie accent so could guess what it would sound like.

Americans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?

[Janszoon]

Americans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?

Depends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.

[FETCHER.]

Not quite the same but my granddad is from Belfast and would pronounce film like 'fillum'.

I am familiar with the Weegie accent so could guess what it would sound like.

Yeah there's lots of similarities, we say fillum as well 😂. Northern and southern Irish accents are far superior though 😆

[Lexi Darling]

Depends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.

Yeah, Midwesterner here and "meer" is common. Though one of my regular acquaintances says that too and he was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, so yeah I dunno.

[Marie Monday]

Interesting, in Holland some people also do the extra syllable thing in a very similar way

[jimmy jazz]

Depends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.

The girl I know who says it is from Michigan.

[jimmy jazz]

Interesting, in Holland some people also do the extra syllable thing in a very similar way

Been meaning to show you this.

Thoughts?

[Janszoon]

The girl I know who says it is from Michigan.

Michigan is in the midwest, so that tracks.

[Guybrush]

Been meaning to show you this.

Thoughts?

That's funny.

This is how we think of the Dutch in Norway.

[degrassi.knoll]

I give mirror two syllables but I am guilty of pronouncing squirrel with one. Crayon gets two as well, but not orange. Caramel gets two or three depending on the context.

My grandma would say "roof" like "rough" and "soot" like "sut." She also called lunch dinner and dinner supper.

[Marie Monday]

I can confirm that those videos are an accurate reflection of the Dutch spirit

[SGR]

She also called lunch dinner and dinner supper.

My grandmother used to do the same thing. I figured it was because she came from a time of such poverty, that dinner was never guaranteed, so by calling lunch "dinner", it was a psychological defense mechanism. If supper actually happened, it was a time to count your blessings.

[Lisnaholic]

Americans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?

Actually, the correct American pronunciation is "meerOWnupmirrAAHH" :-