Re: Rs
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 31, 2003, 17:48 |
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Joe scripsit:
> That's why I said 'most'. Incidentally, do Bostonian accents add 'r' on the
> end of final schwa, or is that just the Kennedys(I assume his accent is
> Bostonian, as he drops rs)?
The Kennedys do speak Bostonian, but they do not add "r" except in the same
places that RP accents do: "Cuba and America" becomes /kjub@r&nd@mErIk@/, not
/kjub@r&nd@mErik@r/.
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