@unauthorisedmum @clhubes "All English accents were rhotic up until the early Modern English period & non-rhoticity variety was a relatively late development. It is said to have started in 18th cent. as a prestige motive in socio cultural contexts in B
@KateSullivanDC It’s a specific sound in accents from the NE that is called rhoticty. https://t.co/TlIIrYNmKx
In case you were wondering why a New Yorker may sound a bit British sometimes, e.g. they say "teacha" instead of "teacher": the phenomenon is called (non-)Rhoticity, check https://t.co/eTgUnCUd0D and https://t.co/PiRLNVm2VR
Non rhoticity. Interesting.