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  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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  • 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

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