How did brits starting putting R's at the end of their words?

TNDemo

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Tue Dec-23-03 12:52 PM
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How did brits starting putting R's at the end of their words?

Diana was Dianer. I just heard a guy on TV talking about Fallujah and it was Fallujer. Just curious how that got started.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Tue Dec-23-03 12:55 PM
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1. Southern English people often pronounce a as ah, sounding like r.

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Braden

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Tue Dec-23-03 12:56 PM
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2. we do that here in Massachusetts to, Donna is Donner

not sure why its done.

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XNASA

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Tue Dec-23-03 01:03 PM
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3. I was just thinking about this yesterday when it occurred to me...

..that Led Zeppelin was actually saying "Jamaica" when Plant sang "D'yer Ma'ker" (jhur-maker = Jamaica).

Yes? No? What's the story with that one?

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Dogmudgeon

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Tue Dec-23-03 01:10 PM
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4. Yes

I've been saying it for years.

The rock literati are divided. Plant and company are keeping mum.

--bkl
And Mum is having the time of her life!

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Goldmund

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Tue Dec-23-03 01:17 PM
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5. Kinda like

"I sawr a film today, oh boy"

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nuxvomica

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Tue Dec-23-03 02:39 PM
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7. To me it's most noticeable in the Elvis Costello song: "Veroniker"

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Fovea

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Tue Dec-23-03 02:26 PM
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6. The process is called rhotization

and it is still debated.
English and Spanish both have dialects with it.
There may be others, but these two I am aware of.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Tue Dec-23-03 07:36 PM
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8. It's not universal, and it's due to two factors:

1. The "I sawr it" phenomenon is kind of a linking "r." You can hear it in the Northeeastern U.S.

2. The "r" of "Dianer" isn't really an "r." It's a very lax vowel that sounds like an "r" to American ears.

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rucky

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Tue Dec-23-03 07:40 PM
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9. Makes up for all the real R's that they don't pronounce

they really butchah the language

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