Like the word "area" they pronounce "air-EE-errr." I always thought it was ""air-EE-a." Where is the "R?" They invented the English language...am I (an American) speaking incorrectly??
2007-03-20 07:32:40 · 8 answers · asked by Jeph J 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
it's a way of linking when the word finishes in a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel too, and sometimes even in the middle of a word (drawRing)...if the person is saying something like "I was surveilling the area and..." you would hear something like "I was surveilling the areaR and..."...you are not speaking incorrectly...it's sometimes called "the intrusive r" and it's a consequence of the fact that the letter r is only pronounced in British English when it is immediately followed by a vowel (non-rothic speakers)...Americans on the other hand pronounce all r's (rothic speakers)
Other examples:
law(r) and order
the idea(r) of
2007-03-20 07:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of the Rÿche 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
You might not have noticed it, but there's quite a bit of variation in the way we speak, some British folks are sloppier than others with pronunciation, and there are many different accents throughout Britain, accents obviously play a part in the way words sound. But as the first contributer to this has said, it can be a means to link two words together.
2007-03-20 07:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by TFR 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The interesting thing is, that the people who speak in the way you describe are the very people who find it hard to pronounce the letter "r" in the first place, and who normally leave it off the ends of words such as "near", "dear", "interfere", "bare", fair", etc. only then to put it in a place where it doesn't belong. You mention British accents, but I associate it only with certain English dialects.
Here 's a link for you to read more. http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981211
2007-03-20 07:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I went to a British school, the teachers would call my friend Lavinia "Lavinier". I still don't know why. I guess its part of their accent.
2007-03-20 07:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by justagirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It s dumb to add an "r" onto people s names when none exists. English people need to get a clue.
2017-03-13 14:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats just one of the British accents.
Just like not all Americans say "y'all" and "nucular" and so on.
I hope you get the idear...
2007-03-21 23:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All pronunciations are attributable to predecessor languages. I wish someone would trace them back to see what older language they are using.
2016-08-12 06:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sound of -a and -er is the same for them
dont you also pronounce sounds that are the same for you, the same? regardles of spelling?
2007-03-20 09:40:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋