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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What about people who ADD an “r”? As in “I’m going to warsh my clothes.” Is that “neu-rhotic”?

The "r" in "warsh" is a so-called intrusive R.

An "r" added to the end of a word followed by another word beginning with a vowel - as in "I sawr a film, oh boy" - is called an epenthetic "r."

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34 posted on 01/12/2025 10:51:04 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

To: alexander_busek

Thanks. Good to know. I had no idea those misplaced “r”s had names.

What about “sammich”? I can’t convince my wife it’s SAND-wich.

35 posted on 01/12/2025 10:53:20 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)

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