R-dropping in North America

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Lazar   Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:05 am GMT
No, I disagree: it's often found in eye-dialect here, in signage and slogans and things, and I don't think it's intended to represent any special openness: I think it just represents a schwa, as in "Sarah, Hannah, Jeremiah, Jinnah".
David   Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:54 am GMT
Here in New Orleans, non-rhoticity is very strong, and it is present in basically everyone's speech.
Levee   Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:11 pm GMT
Yeah, New Orleans is one of the last bastions of Southern non-rhoticity.
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