@sophiasmithgaler: The rhotic R is disappearing from the north of England - and its disappearance has also been documented in other English accents like those in the South West. Do you still have a cheeky rhotic R? #linguistics #language #englishaccent
Sophia Smith Galer
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Friday 01 March 2024 16:53:15 GMT
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girlstothefront1 :
Absolutely no danger of this disappearing in Scotland.
2024-03-01 18:21:46
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Adam :
Bristol. Stella Vs Stellerrrr. I'll give up my rhotic r over my dead body 🤣
2024-03-01 18:44:32
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kiffie.info :
yeah. but you didn't explain what a rhotic R actually is.
2024-03-02 00:58:30
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katyy_h :
I’m York based and I’d say “Stellah” and “Stelluh”. Still no rhotic R but thought it was worth mentioning
2024-03-01 17:44:09
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Karen Brice783 :
Bristol here...Stella and steller! 😁
2024-03-11 18:24:15
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Christopher Purcell :
In NI you still frequently hear the retroflex r
2024-03-02 01:29:05
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corrieblueheath :
I’m from jersey Channel Islands and this is exactly how we say it still haha :)
2024-03-12 02:51:53
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mads :
bristol pulling us through on this
2024-03-02 02:14:41
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Kristy Mc :
Rhoticity. Like the chicken from Costco?
2024-05-16 04:16:39
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Nathan Blubaugh :
me being from Delco PA trying to enunciate Wolf vs Woof.
2024-03-02 05:00:15
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Smellz :
Janner and proud me
2024-03-10 03:22:38
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Stella_Tron :
With my name I definitely pronounce them differently 😂
2024-03-02 07:45:31
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Sam & Margo :
Are there any accents/places in England that didn't have a rhotic R as default in the past before it began to die out?
2024-03-03 22:40:45
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Josh Stewart :
Eh?
2024-05-12 21:56:08
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sophies art studio :
Bristol enters the room
2024-03-02 22:16:59
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Sally Keith :
i’ve literally just written a whole bit on this for one of my classes😮💨
2024-03-01 21:16:10
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H :
North London gang 🙌🏽
2024-03-03 17:22:01
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Amy :
Thought I recognised you in Finchley a little while ago omg
2024-05-15 00:03:42
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sush :
I'm Scottish and I can tell you this is definitely not an issue here
2024-03-13 00:14:05
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Daniel R :
I visited Cornwall last year and was really surprised how many people say r’s like us Americans 😬
2024-04-10 02:48:25
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Carlaaa 🪽📖🫧 :
From a small town in Lancashire and I never realised I pronounced my r’s so strongly until people from other areas started pointing it out😂
2024-03-03 13:20:29
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Sean :
This the same with ‘hair’ and ‘her’ up north?
2024-05-12 08:35:03
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Cristina :
What about adding an R? On Doc Martin they call her Louiser (not Louisa)?
2024-05-14 23:35:57
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eta carinae :
is there a correlation in English accents between losing the rhotic r and gaining the intrusive r?
2024-03-01 20:24:14
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tommya622 :
But what does it sound like?
2024-03-04 17:54:35
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