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Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity (phys.org)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Whilst interesting, 'fear' is not appropriate in this headline.

[–] SpaceNoodle 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right, it would be pronounced "feah"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

As another non-rhotic speaker, I feel called out by this.