Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by robgibbons on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:14PM
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It's an American accent, but with rhotacism, a type of speech impediment. He sounds vaguely British at times because of the tendency for "R" to come out sounding like "W"
Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by quelltext on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:37PM
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Thanks a lot. I wasn't aware of this speech impediment and how it causes the vaguely British at times.
Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by joshmarlow on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:09PM
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I actually have the same impediment but never knew the term `rhotacism` - thanks!
Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by mLuby on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:18PM
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It's a speech impediment; he has trouble saying R's (and has improved as he's narrated more and more videos).
Isaac's earlier videos would show Elmer Fudd with the message "Having problems understanding me? Turn on CC." Example: https://youtu.be/gOu3zGfP-TQ?t=40
Source: I've watched lots of his videos and highly recommend them—mind expanding ideas!
Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by quelltext on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:40PM
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Thanks a lot for the context. I have to say I didn't really have a hard time understanding him. I didn't even consider the possibility that it was a speech impediment.
Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up...
by werdnapk on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:17PM
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American, but he has a speech impediment.
He pronounces "research" as "resorch"/"resauch", "greater" as "greator" etc. and in other regards it seems to flip between American to slightly British English.
Never heard this accent before.