| Front | What exatly is a "linking r" and how,where and when does it occur? |
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| Back | In non rhotic accents, like RP, /r/ at the end of a word (/_# ) is usually not pronunced even though <r> is present in the spelling. But /r/ is pronunced before a word beginning with a vowel (_# #v.) e.g. far off, answer it This exeption is called linking r and must be transcribed in RP. Linking r only occurs in non-rhotic accents. |
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