rhotic in English
adjective
1
of, relating to, or denoting a dialect or variety of English, e.g., Midwestern American English, in which r is pronounced before a consonant (as in hard ) and at the ends of words (as in far ).
With the exception of the Southern states, eastern New England, and New York City, pronunciation is rhotic , postvocalic /r/ being pronounced in such words as part, four, motor.
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1. The non-rhotic Apicals showed some variation between speakers
2. ‘As such, increasing the periodicity in an Assibilated rhotic may
3. The drunks were yelling and Cussing. And just to complicate things, in some regions Americans also have a non-rhotic pronunciation, and would pronounce "cursing" almost like "Cussing".