OCT 4, Captain R: non-rhotic vs rhotic speech

 

a) Review of material posted on October 4 in prior years ...

2020: classic palindromes, 'saw' and 'see' lines, ... (illustrated poem) 
2021: numbers, quartets, foursomes (illustrated poem)
2022: variant Nantucket limerick, lad from Salinas (illustrated poem)

2023: signs of confusion, 5th collection (photo-collage)

n of blog-stuff (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

a sign of confusion

b) Today's Offering (Oct 4, 2024): 

poetry lyrics:/ Non-rhotic folk cope with particular/ Rs -- they're suppressed thus
 --  -- a(r)ticula(r)./ Though they voice with complicity/ Reach, round and rhoticity,
/ After vowels, there's silence/ (Unless threatened by violence),/ 
 Habit learned in speech-courses curricular.

poetry lyrics:/ Rhotic advocates honour all Rses./ They pronounce every bit

 if it parses./ Orphaned Rs they revere -- / Part of art they hold dear,/

 Clearly heard in their verse and their farces. 

You can find our other verses dealing with non-rhotic accents in a blogpost on "Edifying Nonsense" under the listing "Captain R's Impossible Mission".  Click HERE.