What's with the semi-silent R? (english)

[old.Tohtori]

In english, spoken really, sometimes there's a silent(ish) r there.

I think it's usually just after a word with a vowel at end, before is/isn't etc. Mostly noticed it after names.

Something like; "Your name is Amanda(r) isn't it?"

Dialect thing or?

 

[Aph3x]

Its a dialect thing, though im not sure which area of Britan would call someone Amandar.

 

[megadave]

I know a certain football commentator who might.


English as a language is properly bastardised now days. But yeah, dialect.

 

[Job]

Maybe Cornish?
Amand-aar
Pirate?

 

[Zede]

In english, spoken really, sometimes there's a silent(ish) r there.

I think it's usually just after a word with a vowel at end, before is/isn't etc. Mostly noticed it after names.

Something like; "Your name is Amanda(r) isn't it?"

Dialect thing or?

Dialect i think... no r in amanda-r, hmm trying to think what accent would pronounce it with said r on the end...cockneys...yer southern fairies.

 

[Golena]

I know a certain football commentator who might.

I actually want to punch the TV at times during Chelsea games cos of him!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Amanda was just an example really, so it might not actually be after amanda.

 

[mooSe_]

Do you also mean like pronouncing grass sort of like grarss or glass glarss?

 

[old.Tohtori]

The R is deffo the last sound, like..hmm...well in american chopper the senior says idear instead of idea.

 

[fettoken]

Because, American = / = English

 

[Lethul]

Every chinese student in my school says ideaR and stuff like that


Is he Asian?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Because, American = / = English

did i claim it was, it was an example to show what i mean

 

[fettoken]

did i claim it was, it was an example to show what i mean

Bad example..

 

[old.Tohtori]

Bad example..

F*ck off, it's a perfect example of an r at the end of a word where it's not.

Thanks for the rest, non a-hole, answers though.

 

[fettoken]

Your example is of an american dialect and language. And since americans and their language are of a lower standard (and, different pronunciation) it makes for a less than adequate example.

 

[Cerb]

Not from England but I definatly remember seeing a tv add for rice pudding called ambroisia and I remember they had a cornwall accent and were singing "oh ar is amborsia(r)" so I think that might be what you are hearing?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Your example is of an american dialect and language. And since americans and their language are of a lower standard (and, different pronunciation) it makes for a less than adequate example.

It was an example to moose to explain where the r is.

Cerb yeah that might be it, really need an english dialect map

 

[Cerb]

ok so this is obviosly accentuated for the add but this is the one

YouTube - Ambrosia Advert

 

[gohan]

to be fair northeners don't sticks R's in but down south we but them everywhere

grarss barth parth glarss


idea id pronounced i-dear by every1 ive ever met never know anyone to say i-de-ah

and some people even prononuce gavin gav-lar in essex..... wierd i know ;D

 

[Corran]

Scottish can be real odd as well.

There a town called Milngavie near me.
It is pronounced - Mil-guy ..... never could understand it.

another is Queenzieburn - pronounced Queenie-burn. Silent 'z' oO

 

[old.Tohtori]

Another fun thing is the Shir/shire effect.

Lanconshire(or whatever it was) is pronounced "-shir", while the Shire in LotR will be shire.

Would be fun though, "We must go back to the shiiiir."

 

[Laddey]

Sounds like farmer'ish talk.