Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Pronouncing the letter r wherever it appears, as in bar (/bɑːr/) and bard or barred (/bɑːrd/); this trait is common in much of the United States, Canada, many parts of the north and west of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
- adj. Having the quality of the said letter. This includes the sounds of the IPA symbols /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/, and some would say /r/, or r coloring.
Examples
“But my source (Roca and Johnson) doesn’t mention a glide in rhotic accents.”
“Canadian English is 'rhotic', i.e. r is pronounced in such words as art, door, worker. ...”
“Yet, I can hear a slight glide from the strong vowel to the schwa before the rhotic r is pronounced in these words in American English.”
“There are also new developments to be found in British English – did you know Shakespeare was rhotic?”
“Nor is it likely that they can switch between a South Carolina drawl and a non-rhotic New England accent.”
“As non-rhotics have been around for at least two hundred years, the current perpetrators of this horror (in his view) must have learned their errors from their parents, siblings and friends, just as he has learned his (presumably) rhotic ways from his.”
“Rhotic and non-rhotic are terms I never use coz they seem too sweeping etc.”
“By this is meant that some varieties of English pronounce all orthographic ‘r’, (the rhotic group), while others do not (the non-rhotic speakers).”
“Non-rhotic accents occur in most of England, the whole of Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and some parts of the United States, notably New England and the South, although the position in US English is complicated and changing.”
“Actually, /r/ can occur pre-consonantally in “non-rhotic” accents.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘rhotic’.
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Word Words
This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
acronym, antonym, aptronym, autoantonym, autonym, bacronym, capitonym, contranym, contronym, eponym, exonym, heteronym and 120 more...
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Lyngwistix
semantic, semiotic, linguistic, etc.
lexeme, sonorant, prosody, monophthong, portmanteau, dithyramb, inflection, deixis, mondegreen, screed, persiflage, polysemy and 27 more...
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TheWebWriter's list
Words that surprised me.
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song & sound
thesaraheffect like the schwa the rhotic vowel is one of the reasons I dislike the sound of American English. I was born in the wrong country in the wrong decade. Sep 24, 2009
elgiad007 I see. Thanks for the clarification, rolig! Nov 20, 2008
rolig No, only with the way they are pronounced: the rhotic pronunciation (as in standard US) expresses the final r-sound: /'sɛntər/, whereas a non-rhotic pronunciation doesn't: /'sɛntə:/. It doesn't matter how the word is spelled. Nov 20, 2008
elgiad007 Does this have anything to do with the difference between the words "center" and "centre"? Nov 19, 2008