Why don't we voice the first R in "surprise"? (slrpnk.net)

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What distinguishes it from the R is "surplus", for example? In both cases it's followed by a P and another semiglide.

Apologies if this pronunciation is regional to the Western Hemisphere, but I'm very curious regardless.

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[-] charokol@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

People in this thread, saying “we do” without mentioning what dialect they speak as if everybody speaks exactly the same as them…

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Do dialects matter as much anymore? Few people still talk like southern belles, for example. Americans as a whole are losing their regional accents.

https://www.newsweek.com/american-accents-dying-appalachian-southern-louisiana-study-11554827

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/americas-accents-dying/

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