linking-r

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 [fah] Show IPA becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as /ˈfɑrəˈweɪ/ Show Spelled [fahr-uh-wey] Show IPA .

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 [kyoo-buh-riz] Show IPA .