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Thread #141002   Message #3243403
Posted By: MGM·Lion
23-Oct-11 - 05:32 AM
Thread Name: Why the 'r' between vowels?
Subject: RE: Why the 'r' between vowels?
My first wife was a native of the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire on the borders of S Wales; and retained some of her native accent throughout life. She did not insert r's where they do not exist, but would always pronounce them where they do: so that she would pronounced 'board' and 'bored' identically, but 'bawd' differently from either; whereas those brought up to London-style RP like me would pronounce all three in the same way.

~M~