Pronunciation of the letter r in British English

Aunt Marg said:
ROFLMAO!

That's because you ran into fellow Canadians!
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Ha, Ha. He married an American girl from Massachussets. She speaks like a Canadian. And so does my grandson. Also. I met her family. They also speak like Canadians.
You should know better than try to challenge me on something I post. I never post anything I can't back up.
But it's fun.
hollydolly said:
I fell in love with the Boston accent after watching cheers.. LOL
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When I toured Boston on a bus, they stopped at the Cheers bar.
 
The lyrics. I remember the movie.

Why Can't the English Learn to speak​

Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, ...
Henry Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she ever uttered.
By law she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
Eliza Aaoooww! Henry imitating her Aaoooww!
Heaven's! What a noise!
This is what the British population,
Calls an elementary education. Pickering Oh,
Counsel, I think you picked a poor example. Henry Did I?
Hear them down in Soho square,
Dropping "h's" everywhere.
Speaking English anyway they like.
You sir, did you go to school?
Man Wadaya tike me for, a fool?
Henry No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
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What gives me the :poop: is how many English and Aussies pronounce 'th' as 'f'
We have started watching an old fav series of ours called 'Heartbeat' and I don't think or is that 'fink'
any of the actors can pronounce 'th' in any of their roles
Watching our nightly news it is similar in the poor pronunciation of 'th' :confused:
 
peramangkelder said:
What gives me the :poop: is how many English and Aussies pronounce 'th' as 'f'
We have started watching an old fav series of ours called 'Heartbeat' and I don't think or is that 'fink'
any of the actors can pronounce 'th' in any of their roles
Watching our nightly news it is similar in the poor pronunciation of 'th' :confused:
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How could they pronounce it as "f".

Give me a word that they would pronounce it as "f"

You mean they say fink instead of think?
 
Camper6 said:
Ha, Ha. He married an American girl from Massachussets. She speaks like a Canadian. And so does my grandson. Also. I met her family. They also speak like Canadians.
You should know better than try to challenge me on something I post. I never post anything I can't back up.
But it's fun.

When I toured Boston on a bus, they stopped at the Cheers bar.
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Just having a little fun with you Camper... letting you know you're still alive. :)
 
Camper6 said:
How could they pronounce it as "f".

Give me a word that they would pronounce it as "f"

You mean they say fink instead of think?
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'Nothing' becomes 'nuffink'. 'I think' comes out as 'I fink'. It's a remnant of the Cockney influence.

As a child my aunts and great aunts would have jumped on me for such non standard pronunciation. They policed my grammar too.
 

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