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Yeah, I don't understand what I was supposed to be seeing or hearing in that clip, and they never bothered to explain it.

The guy says "Baa" and we see his lips move accordingly. Then we hear him say "Baa" again, but this time he's obviously pronouncing something else, judging by his lip movements. We don't know what he's saying (or at least those of us without lip-reading skills don't), but nothing unusual or tricky seems to be happening.

What am I missing?




From making the same motions with my mouth I was able to figure out that the other thing he's saying is "faa", so I'm guessing some people literally hear "faa" even though the audio is "baa"?


I hear “faa” when the mouth looks like it’s making an “f” sound (and apparently that’s normal). Are you perhaps not a native English speaker?


Yep




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