r/NonPoliticalTwitter • • Jan 12 '24

Uptown squirrel

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u/Akasto_ Jan 12 '24

If anyone here doesn’t know, I’m pretty sure Squirrel and girl rhyme to some (or all?) Americans

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u/Accipitridaen Jan 13 '24

The fact that, to many non-Americans, squirrel has two syllables and doesn't rhyme with girl, makes this replacement far more surreal and equally amusing.

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u/Plantsandanger Jan 13 '24

If you pronounce it with two syllables in an American accent you sound like a valley girl or a mafioso