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Thanks Peter, this makes sense (and I didn't clarify, it's the rhotic
version I'm interested in)... but what is "R"? I looked it up in the
sci.lang faq and it says unrounded center raised mid vowel. I don't see
anything corresponding to that in the IPA chart though (e.g. at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/IPA_chart_2005.png) ...
Peter Moylan wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > Thanks all, "murderer" is perhaps a better example to use because
> > "furor" does have multiple pronunciations. I guess the answer is that
> > there's no easy answer, which is OK--but quite interesting.
>
> In non-rhotic English, /mV"d@r@/. In rhotic English, /mRdrR/.
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> It all works out if you remember that "r" is a consonant and "R" is a vowel.
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