Zagorath to [email protected]English • 11 months ago

Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity

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Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity

Zagorath to [email protected]English • 11 months ago

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How do you pronounce your "r"s towards the ends of words like Shearer, purr, nerd and pore? And what about those in car, bird and her?

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5•11 months ago
Whilst interesting, ‘fear’ is not appropriate in this headline.
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  15•11 months ago
  Right, it would be pronounced “feah”
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    1•11 months ago
    As another non-rhotic speaker, I feel called out by this.