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I believe it's called the intrusive 'r'. The upside of it is that it makes the following joke work: What do you call a one-eyed dinosaur? A dyathinkhesawus. Wi
by I_complete_me 4y ago
I believe it's called the intrusive 'r'. The upside of it is that it makes the following joke work:
What do you call a one-eyed dinosaur? A dyathinkhesawus. Without the intrusive 'r' this joke would not work.
- bradwood 4y agoI moaned about this on https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/317198/the-r-sound-in-drawing-in-british-english https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/317198/the-r-sou.... Some good answers to the linked dupe.
- I_complete_me 4y agoDid not know about that discussion. As a "rhotic" person it makes me wince but I accept different accents. In any chat that leans towards getting heavy on this I refer people to The (great) Proclaimers song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066oSmDRKPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066oSmDRKPA