How can it possibly be pron. "FARV"?

[nq:1]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening sign.

Keith Edgerley
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[nq:2]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
[nq:1]By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening sign.[/nq]
Besides, he's a sports personality, and them letters is hard:

Keith Tkachuk (American hockey player) - pronounced "Ka-chuck" Kevin

[nq:1]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
I guess for the same reason we pronounce "hors d'oeuvre" as "orderv".

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On 4 Oct 2004 01:23:47 -0700, R H Draney (Email Removed) posted the following:
[nq:1]Keith Edgerley filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening sign.[/nq]
[nq:1]Besides, he's a sports personality, and them letters is hard: Keith Tkachuk (American hockey player) - pronounced "Ka-chuck" Kevin Tkachuk ... "Kachook", but s

Chris Kern filted:
[nq:2]Keith Tkachuk (American hockey player) - pronounced "Ka-chuck" Kevin Tkachuk ... who heard the name were leaving it off the spelling[/nq]
[nq:1]Then there's the Duke coach "Mike Krzyzewski".[/nq]
Gesundheit..r

[nq:2]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
[nq:1]By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening sign.[/nq]
The vast majority of football announcers, sportscasters, and fans are not non-rhotic.
It's a simple metathesis (that probably happened generations ago when his fam

[nq:1]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
I think there are some regional pronunciations that add an "r" sound. Of course it could be some family inheritance, too.
During my first year of teaching, I had a student whose last name was "Faber", but who pronounced it partially in a German way (I think. . .Fah-ber), but w

[nq:2]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I guess for the same reason we pronounce "hors d'oeuvre" as "orderv".[/nq]
OTOH, the Louvre is "loov" (at least it's not "loo").

[nq:1]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
Mr. Simpson of the cartoons doesn't, nor do I.

[nq:2]Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's ****. "FARV"?[/nq]
[nq:1]By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening sign.[/nq]
There was also a baseball player and mangager, Jim Lefebvre, pronounced LuhFEEver by announcers.

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