Timeline for Pronunciation of "idea" as "idier"?
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 17:10 | comment | added | fred2 | Yeah I know about the whole rhotic/non-rhotic thing. My point is I've experience (and been accused of using) a kind of non-rhotic hypercorrection. A bit like working class Londoners used to be accused of both dropping and adding aitches when they were attempting to sound 'posh'. Eg: "I 'ave never hunderstood 'ow ter huse haitches." It was a bit of a cliche, but based on a real phenomenon. So - I know I could pronounce a word like 'pastor' to sound like "pasta", but equally "pasta" to sound like "paster" (more of an -er than -or sound). Note also 'how ter/how ta' ... 'to' often gets 'er' added. | |
| Jan 8, 2021 at 13:12 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | Words that end in 'a' don't sound like 'er'... Your answer is kind of misleading. See my answer to another question. | |
| Mar 12, 2019 at 16:20 | comment | added | fred2 | I'm not an expert, but Australia/New Zealand do seem to have some characteristics of a southern English/London-area accent. Purely anecdotal, but I remember an actor saying 'The best way to do an Australian accent is to say a cockney accent as if you're squinting at a bright sun'. | |
| Mar 12, 2019 at 11:12 | vote | accept | living being | ||
| Mar 12, 2019 at 11:12 | comment | added | living being | I heard it from a New Zealander guy. | |
| Mar 10, 2019 at 6:50 | history | answered | fred2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |