Re: rhotic miscellany, and a usage note

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> Roger Mills scripsit:
>
>
> > --almost an American /r/ in final position in unstressed words like der,
> > einer, though it's possible it's uvular and doesn't come thru the recording
> > process well. The first word of "Cäsars Tod"-- Rom -- sounds very American.
>
> It's probably [a], which is a common realization of -er; non-syllabic [a]
> is likewise a common realization of -r that is not -er.
I'd say it's normally a centralish [6].

                                                Andreas