the r-sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r-dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as/fɑ/Show Spelled Pronunciation[fah]Show IPA, becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as/ˈfɑrəˈweɪ/Show Spelled Pronunciation[fahr-uh-wey]Show IPA.
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Also called intrusive r.the r-sound as inserted analogously by speakers of an r-dropping dialect between vowels where there is no corresponding r in the spelling, as in the pronunciation of Cuba is as/ˈkyubərɪz/Show Spelled Pronunciation[kyoo-buh-riz]Show IPA.