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• Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran

• The larger part of the order

• Father arrived after the other old men

rhotic non-rhotic

• There's also the question of the West Indies, with Barbados (rhotic)standing out so dramatically from its neighbours (non-rhotic). But they'reso small on your map that it is perhaps reasonable to ignore them.

John Wells

Carter signed the bill

Carter almost refused

The Czar signed the bill

The Czar often refuses

Put the hammer in the box

Put the comma in the sentence

Put the hammer in the box

Put the comma in the sentence

Linking R

Intrusive R

r

(Intrusive R)= Linking R

Carter always signs

Cuba always signs

The Czar often refuses

The Shah often refuses

idea - idea of it

star - starring

cha-cha - cha-cha-ing

drawer - drawing

pour - pouring

fear - fear of it

Ø r / V ___ V

So – does this always happen between vowels?

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Carter agreed to sign

The refugee agreed to sign

China opened the discussion

The cow opened the gate

Ø r / V ___ V

Rhotic v. non-rhotic –

How can we describe these two types of English withut referring to spelling?

“In rhotic accents the r is always pronounced, but in non-rhotic accents it is only pronounced in front of a vowel”

“The r is pronounced / not pronounced in part”

What “r” are we talking about?

The g is not pronounced in "fish".

The r is not pronounced in "part“.

There is no g in "fish".

There is no r in "part"

There is no r in "palm"

(and no l either)

There is no r in "part"

There is no r in "dear"

dear old friend

Is it followed by a vowel?

Does it follow p or k in a stressed syllable?

Does it follow p,t,k in a stressed syllable?

Is it followed by a vowel?