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Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year 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

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Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago
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Researchers fear the spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity in England
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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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    1 year ago

    Whilst interesting, ‘fear’ is not appropriate in this headline.

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