| Front | Which areas in the Mid-Atlantic and New England have non-rhotic speakers? |
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| Back | Eastern Virginia, which was settled by south-eastern people who had become non-rhotic. This is in contrast to the mountainous regions of west Virginia, which were largely settled by Ulstermen. New England was also settled by south-easterners, whose influence rubbed off on the originally rhotic New York City. Charleston in South Carolina remains non-rhotic due to its perpetual links with England. They maintained this feature due to being plantation areas, which had extended contact with the British and maintained exocentric English norms of communication. |
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