Re: Intrusive r in rhotic dialects of English? (was: Phoneme analysis etc.)

30 Oct 2006 12:16:10 -0800: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

That's another of the things that falls into my category of "British
myths about American pronunciation." He wants to sound American,
doesn't know what American sounds like, so he sticks r's in just
anywhere.

Probably based on ignorance and insufficient exposure. I remember we
had TV when Kennedy was shot in 1963, but not yet long. It was
probably not much different in Britain, so many people did not often
hear Americans talk in those days.
In "Rocky Raccoon" on the white album, Paul (I think) does a much
better imitation of an American accent, although the "one" vowel in
"one day" sounds conspicuously North-English (or Irish?), unless it
also genuinely occurs in the American accent in question (southern?).

There's also the short song "Maggy Mae" on Let it Be, where John (I
think) sang in what may be some sort of Liverpudlian accent? Or
imitated Scottish? Anyway, it is rhotic!

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