A Wisdom Archive on Rhotics

"Ø", "ø" is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Faroese and Norwegian alphabets. Amongst the English vowels it sounds the most like the "ir" in "bird" [1] or the "ur" in "hurt" [2], as pronounced in a non-rhotic accent, like Received Pronunciation. The name of the letter is the same as the sound it makes. The origin of the letter is a ligature for the diphthong "oe" (the horizontal line of the "e" being written across the "o") that has become a letter in itself. In modern Danish, Faroese and Norwegian, the ... Including:

• Ø - Not to be confused with

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R is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ar [ɑːɹ]. Semitic Rêš (the head) developed into Greek Ρ ῥῶ (Rhô) and Latin R. The Latin and Etruscan forms of the letter added an extra stroke to distinguish it from a later form of the Greek Pi. See rhotic consonant, r-colored vowel, and guttural R for ... Including:

• R - Miniscule
• R - Alternative representations
• R - Computing
• R - Meanings for R
• R - Pronunciation of R

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Phonological history of English consonants - H-cluster reductions. Glide cluster reductions The wine-whine merger is a merger by which the sound /ʍ/ or sequence /hw/ (spelt wh) becomes [w]. The yew-hew merger is a process that causes the cluster /hj/ to be reduced to /j/. The hl-cluster, hr-cluster and ... Including:

• Phonological history of English consonants - Consonant cluster reductions
• Phonological history of English consonants - H-cluster reductions
• Phonological history of English consonants - Y-cluster reductions
• Phonological history of English consonants - Other initial cluster reductions
• Phonological history of English consonants - Final cluster reductions
• Phonological history of English consonants - Phonological history of NG
• Phonological history of English consonants - NG coalescence
• Phonological history of English consonants - G-dropping
• Phonological history of English consonants - H-dropping and h-adding
• Phonological history of English consonants - H-dropping
• Phonological history of English consonants - H-adding
• Phonological history of English consonants - Elimination of velar fricatives in English
• Phonological history of English consonants - Taut-taught merger
• Phonological history of English consonants - Wait-weight merger
• Phonological history of English consonants - Lock-loch merger
• Phonological history of English consonants - Elimination of dental fricatives in English dialects
• Phonological history of English consonants - TH fronting
• Phonological history of English consonants - TH stopping
• Phonological history of English consonants - Vent-went merger
• Phonological history of English consonants - Initial fricative voicing

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Arse is a word for buttocks, commonly used in Commonwealth English. In the United States and parts of Canada, ass is used (both spoken and in writing) instead. Arse - Etymology. "Arse", from Old English ærs, meaning anus, and by extension the crease between the buttocks, and hence the whole human bottom, with many cognates such as Dutch aars, German Arsch, has been in British usage a coarse word for the buttocks (seen as one organ). Scatolinguist ... Including:

• Arse - Etymology
• Arse - Modern Semantics

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Ain't is a contraction originally for "am not" and "are not", but now typically meaning "is not", "am not", "are not" or "have not". The word is a perennial issue in English usage. Prescriptivists consider the word a shibboleth; as with i'n'it for "isn't it", frequent use of ain't, critics say, is a marker of basilectal — which is to say, "vulgate" or "common people", and by inference, low class — speech. This judgement, hard to justify on etymological or grammatical reasons, remains a widespread belief, and is to some extent self-perpetuating, since prescriptivist teachers ... Including:

• Ain't - Examples

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American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is estimated that approximately two thirds of native speakers of English live in the United States.[1] American English is also sometimes called United States English or U.S. English. American English - History. English was inherited from British colonization. The first wave of English-speak ... Including:

• American English - History
• American English - Phonology
• American English - Differences in British English and American English
• American English - English words that arose in the U.S.
• American English - English words obsolete outside the U.S.
• American English - Regional differences

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The alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages (such as Russian, Spanish, Armenian, and Polish). The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar trills is r, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r. It is informally called the rolling R or rolled R. Alveolar trill - Features. Features of the alveolar trill: Its manner of articulation ... Including:

• Alveolar trill - Features
• Alveolar trill - In English
• Alveolar trill - In other languages
• Alveolar trill - Notes on phonetic transcription

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Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. The Cree dialect continuum can be divided by several criteria. Dialects spoken from north-eastern Ontario to Labrador make a distinction between š (sh as in she) and s, while those to the west do not. In several dialects, including northern Plains Cree and Woods Cree, the long vowels ê and î have merged into a single vowel. However, the ... Including:

• Cree language - Literature

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