BIGpedia - Non-rhotic - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Adjective

1.2.1 Antonym

1.3 See also

English

Etymology

non + rhotic

Adjective

non-rhotic

Of an English accent, not pronouncing the letter r when it occurs at the end of a word or before a consonant, as in bar (IPA /bɑː/) and bard or barred (IPA /bɑːd/), but pronouncing it before a vowel, as in barrow (IPA /ˈbærəʊ/); this trait is common in the accents of the south of England; Australia; New Zealand; New York; and Boston.

Non-rhotic areas tend to add an r (intrusive r ) between words when one word ends in a vowel and the following word begins with a vowel; example: Canastota Airport becomes Canastoter Airport.

Antonym

rhotic