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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Why is it called the American R?
Canadians use the same R sound. And other dialects of English use the same R sound as well. Why is it specifically called the American R?
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Maybe because American English is the most spoken rhotic variety of English (words like "car, nurse, air, mister, etc." have an R sound).
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Actually, Canada is in North America, so in that sense Canadians are Americans too.
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