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- 02-Oct-2010, 23:02 #1
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safer becomes seɪfə what name is this process? sounds like
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- 03-Oct-2010, 01:59 #2
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Re: safer becomes seɪfə what name is this process? Thats what non-rhotic dialects do.
- 03-Oct-2010, 09:43 #3
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Teacher Re: safer becomes seɪfə what name is this process? 
- but beware: 'non-rhotic dialects' sound like a minority phenomenon. Not so. Standard British English is a non-rhotic dialect.
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- 14-Oct-2010, 23:17 #4
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Teacher Re: safer becomes seɪfə what name is this process? And don't forget that the word-final r is pronounced /r/ in non-rhotic dialects when it is followed by a vowel sound
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