safer becomes seɪfə what name is this process?

**semantics12345** · 03-Oct-2010, 00:02

sounds like

sugar

ʃʊɡə

utter

ʌtə

Springer

sprɪŋə

motor

məʊtə

**raindoctor** · 03-Oct-2010, 02:59

Thats what non-rhotic dialects do.

**BobK** · 03-Oct-2010, 10:43

- but beware: 'non-rhotic dialects' sound like a minority phenomenon. Not so. Standard British English is a non-rhotic dialect.

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**5jj** · 15-Oct-2010, 00:17

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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