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American English includes one of the rarest sounds on Earth, but we use it all the time

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American English includes one of the rarest sounds on Earth , but we use it all the time.

According to the Linguistics Channel @human1011 , the "er" sound is found in less than 1% of the world's languages.

Pronouncing the sound is hard if you don't grow up with it, largely because it's all about the placement and shape of the tongue inside the mouth.

VR Score

51

Informative language

46

Neutral language

29

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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no external sources

Source diversity

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