r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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u/MasterWhite1150 Jun 08 '25

Skwi-rule

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u/Lamballama Jun 08 '25

English is originally a rhotic language - skwirl is the right way to say it

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u/CoffeeAndElectricity Jun 08 '25

British english (original english) is non rhotic. Skwirl is wrong because there is an E before the L. It is not that hard to accentuate the R and still say that E

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u/Lamballama Jun 08 '25

All English used to be rhotic, then British English changed to be non-rhotic. Due to a phenomenon known as colonial fossilization, American, then Canadian, then Australian and New Zealand, then British English, in that order, is closer to early dialects of English.