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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by robgibbons on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:14PM (#28527775)
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"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Arthur

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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by quelltext on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:37PM (#28528064)
Thanks a lot. I wasn't aware of this speech impediment and how it causes the vaguely British at times.
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Re:Steve Wozniak announces private space company to clean up... by joshmarlow on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:09PM (#28529489)
I actually have the same impediment but never knew the term `rhotacism` - thanks!
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