Re: English IPA transcription of "er" vs "rer"

Subject:	Re: English IPA transcription of "er" vs "rer"
From:	"Greg Lee"
Date:	30 Aug 2006 05:59:51 -0700
Newsgroups:	sci.lang, alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english

Peacenik wrote:
...
>
> I remember ads for the Ford Explorer in which the announcer seemed to say
> "Ford Explore". And many people pronounce "mirror" as "meer". It drives me
> nuts, frankly.

Using [R] for syllabic r, I have [EksploR] "explorer" (compare
[Eksplor] "explore"), [mIR] "mirror" (compare [mIr] "mere"), but
in slow, careful speech, also possible are [EksplorR], [mIrR].
Evidently, unstressed [rR] reduces to [R].

Greg

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