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Is there any regional or class variation in the British pronunciation of the "intrusive R"?
Asked by Harp (19179)
January 12th, 2009
When Brits pronounce a word ending with an “a”, and if the next word begins with a vowel, they will throw in an “r” sound between the two words (e.g. “Do you have any idea[r] about…”. This is called the “intrusive R”.
My question is whether this is universal among Brits, or whether its use has regional or class boundaries.
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