Why do people say 'idear" instead of 'idea'?

Answer 1

The pronunciation of an R at the end of words like "idea" as well as in the middle of expressions like "I saw it" (Australian sounds like "I sawr it") is, ironically, usually the result of the LOSS of r in certain situations.

It happened something like this:

1) Many British dialects, including the "Received Pronunciation", stopped pronouncing many r's, beginning in the 18th century (though seeds of r-loss may go back several centuries). These are called "non-rhotic" (non-r-pronouncing) dialects (as opposed to "rhotic" dialects).

Note that this happened AFTER the founding of the American colonies in the 17th century, which is why most American dialects did not experience this change (except for those, esp.in parts of New England, who maintained closer contacts with Britain and imitated some of the British changes).

2) Now in these non-rhotic dialects, the /r/ is usually lost ONLY at the very end of a phrase, or when it appears before a consonant. But when the sound is followed immediately be a vowel it IS pronounced. In other words, a Bostonian might say "The cah just pulled out", but "the car is in the street." This r -- which is maintained because it helps one move from one vowel to the others is called a "linking r"

3) By analogy or 'rule extension,, in other situations where one is transitioning from one vowel to another -- as in "I saw it" or "the idea is a good one"-- many of these non-rhotic dialects began to insert r's in the pronunciation that were not there to begin with. This non-original or "intrusive r" is frowned upon in Received Pronuciation, but it still happens.

4) Some dialects carried this further and pronounced the intrusive r in other contexts, so that some words with no final r came ALWAYS to be pronounced with one. "Idear" and "drawring" in various British accents, Australian, etc., are some of the best-known examples.

Now, not all dialects that lose the /r/ have the other changes, and not all who say "idear" speak non-rhotic dialects, but the two most often appear together, by way of the process outlined above.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Perhaps its the same readon some people pronounce "creek" as "crik" or "wash" as "wersh." I think it has a lot to do with what region of the country you are from and what dialect or slang was used in the family/area you grew up in. The deep south has a certain sound in the language as do people from the northeast, ie new yoooorker.

Perhaps each of us sounds unusual to someone else.

Answer 4

"Idear" is mainly spelled like that just to make the person seem 'dumb'. It is mostly used when making fun of people on the internet that don't know many things, or are just annoying to other people.

Answer 5

Don't have any "idear", except that my dad and my mother's sister both do too, along with "warsh" and "Warshington". I don't know where they get it from, but I love to hear them. (They grew up in San Diego, but my grandpa on my mom's side was from Kentucky and my grandma on my dad's side also came from back east)

Answer 6

It is part of a regional accent. Probably heard it that way all their lives, and don't even realize they are saying"idear."

Answer 7

Because they mispronounce idea as a child and it becomes a bad habit. It takes effort to propeerly pronounce some words and the letter R is a lazy letter to pronounce if that makes sense to you.

Answer 8

I have no idear. I think I'm gonna warsh my hands of this one.

Answer 9

Some people of the Northeast have this habit of speech.

Answer 10

the same reason they say warsh instead of wash. It is usually the southern states and people who do not use correct english. They usually tend to lack the education as well.
Day lik to lern ya how to talk lik dem.