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| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Why when the British speak, they don't CLEARLY pronounce the sound that the letter "R" makes in words? I mean in words like "Car", "Arse", "Four", etc. When they say it, it sounds like they're saying "Ca", "Ass", "Foo", etc. In other words, it's like there's NO "R" sound IN it! Is the letter "R" in those words a SILENT letter like in the words "Know", "Kneel", etc.? |
I'll answer this one.
All it is is accent.
The American close their 'r's. So when an American says it it sounds like "ahru" but with a tiny little sound on the end. Not quite a U but it's the closest I could think of. Perhaps "ahrr" would be the best way to spell it. Brits say 'r' and it sounds like "aah" but with a low toned A. We don't "close" the R. Well, it's hard to put into words, but it does sound right, to us. We treat R like it's a vowel in a way, unless it starts a word or something.
But listen to people from Liverpool (England). Their R's sound like Ls! They have a programme called Brookside. The rest of us would say "Brookside" but they would say "Blookside". I'm not kidding.
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