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Questions related to rhotic and non-rhotic accents.

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Why is "idea" sometimes pronounced as "idear"?

Adding r's to the end of words is something odd I first noticed as a child with my grandmother. Idea became "idear," "Ella" became "Eller," etc. I assumed it to be part of her Southern upbringing unt …
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