Is it correct that the r at the end of a word has no sound like in Father or better?

Answer 1

yes,in some words r isn't very clear in english

Answer 2

If the letter R is immediately preceeded by a vowel, then it IS silent. In the US, kindergarten children are frequently taught to sound every letter, and this is carried with them into adult life, perpetuated with the subsequent generation.

There are a handful of letters which make for poor singing and they usually occur at the end of words, cutting off the air supply to the note which has sounded and closing the word. These letters are l, r, w, and y. When singing ,all vowel, or open sounds can be held, and inthis instance, the letter y is a pseodo vowel. It follows that all remaining 20 letters (consonants excluding the letter y) are hard sounds and only count towards the articulation, or movement between notes for which a slur instruction has not been given.

It is far nicer to hear words (wuhds) without the r being resonant except where it either begins the word or moves between two vowels.

Answer 3

Mike's sweet angel got it right.
If you say the word in a sentence the R gets pronounced, like in "my father and mother"
When the word is said separately it depends on your accent.
I'm a posh english git and I don't pronounce the R, so when I say father it sounds like "farthah". People with different accents do pronounce it though - Irish, US, Yorkshire, Scots etc. Others don't - eg, Australian. Because there are so many accents it's not really right to talk about a "correct" pronounciation.
When I go to the US I have to change my accent for people to undertand me. I remember last time I was there I got into trouble with the word "war", which I pronounce "woh", and which really didn't get recognised as a word at all over there....

Answer 4

The r is always sounded as this is what makes the word mean something different to similar words. I suspect that the loss of the r sound is probably due to either laziness in some of speaking English as a second language.

Answer 5

It depends.
If you pronounce these words separately, you shouldn't pronounce /r/.
If it's connected speech and the next word begins with a vowel sound, /r/ should be pronounced ( father and mother, better and better)
These rules apply if you ask about British English (RP), which has a non-rhotic pronunciation.
In American English /r/ is pronounced in any case.

Answer 6

it depends you want to speak the british style or the american style.
for the american style, it is alway pronounced.
for the british style, it is pronounced only when the r is at the end of the word and a vowel sound is at the beginning of the next word.
e.g.

my father is............(with r sound)
he is my father (no r sound)


go to this website and scroll it to the bottom and you'll find a credible explanation!

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.htm

Answer 7

When spoken properly, the "r" is pronounced in these words (as in all words). Some people with accents may pronounce things differently.

Answer 8

In the words like hater,later etc the 'r' is pronounced clearly.
In the words like father,latter etc.the 'r' is pronounced lightly..

Answer 9

Depends where you are...in Scotland it is pronounced strongly, not so strong in Wales and not pronounced in parts of England.
Some English people have difficulty in pronouncing 'r' anywhere in a word...they say 'v' instead.

Cav insuvance...veally veally vaunchie...ved lovvy.instead of
Car insurance....really really raunchie....red lorry.

Answer 10

No the last two letters are slurred together

er together join a soft e and r