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as in <RED> and <CAR> Listen
Norwegian learners' problems. Listen:
The type of /r/ found in most of England is different from
the /r/ found in any Norwegian dialect, but most people today have few
problems getting this sound right. It is one of the first sounds children
will pick up as "typically English" when they start learning
the language. What may be a bit confusing for some, however, has to
do with the distribution of the sound in English, i.e. when it
is pronounced and when it is not pronounced. In many British accents,
including the standard British variant that traditionally has been taught
to foreigners, the /r/ is only pronounced immediately in front of
a vowel, and not in front of consonants and at the end of words,
unless the next word starts with a vowel and there is no pause between
them. That is called a linking r.
However, in most variants of English (the majority of US accents, Scottish
English, Irish English and also some accents in England itself, notably
in the south west) the /r/ is pronounced in all positions of the words,
so that car is pronounced .
/r/ not pronounced
car, bird, over, here, there, more, sugar
linking /r/ pronounced
over and over, more and more, sugar and spice, lager or shandy, cider or beer
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SPELLING BOX: (when pronounced) is spelt <r(r)> |
