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Topic	Why dont British people use the R sound
SGT_Conti 06/21/17 9:23:20 AM #9:	UnholyMudcrab posted... It's called rhoticity. British English has been predominantly non-rhotic since the late 1700s or so. Is that why people tell me American English more closely resembles how the Brits used to sound than the Brits actually in the UK? --- "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." <cite>SGT_Conti posted [p:881530284] in Why dont B... [t:75485627]...</cite> <quote><cite>UnholyMudcrab posted...</cite> <quote>It's called rhoticity. British English has been predominantly non-rhotic since the late 1700s or so.</quote> Is that why people tell me American English more closely resembles how the Brits used to sound than the Brits actually in the UK? --- "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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