We pronounce Rap as the music genre the same was as its said in English.
Context also matters, nobody’s gonna think you’re going to a burp-concert, or that you start making a sick rap because of the food you just ate.
imast4er on
We pronounce our ‘r’ very differently from English so it doesn’t really sound similar
Soft_Stage_446 on
No, because it’s pronounced differently.
Ziigurd on
The musical confusion is not the main one – it’s more how ‘burping’ in Norwegian is ‘raping’.
imthetype on
yes because im dumb and easily confused
Shortgirlwithglasses on
It has confused my dad but in a worse way😭 He was on the phone speaking English to someone non Norwegian and burped, and proceeded to say oops i raped💀
DiscursiveAsFuck on
Nope. IPA clarifies it.
Burp: rap – [ra:p]
Rap: rapp – [ræp:]
Kato1985Swe on
Burping and rapping is basically the same thing, so no.
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Especially if any of you guys listen to hip-hop
Yes, it confused me as a teenager
No. Cuz they’re not pronounced the same way.
We pronounce Rap as the music genre the same was as its said in English.
Context also matters, nobody’s gonna think you’re going to a burp-concert, or that you start making a sick rap because of the food you just ate.
We pronounce our ‘r’ very differently from English so it doesn’t really sound similar
No, because it’s pronounced differently.
The musical confusion is not the main one – it’s more how ‘burping’ in Norwegian is ‘raping’.
yes because im dumb and easily confused
It has confused my dad but in a worse way😭 He was on the phone speaking English to someone non Norwegian and burped, and proceeded to say oops i raped💀
Nope. IPA clarifies it.
Burp: rap – [ra:p]
Rap: rapp – [ræp:]
Burping and rapping is basically the same thing, so no.