Yes my old teacher would pronounce muir as 'mooth' more or less.
When you say "approaches English 'r'" that opens a can of worms.
I'm assuming you mean the flapped 'r' of some dialects rather than the retroflex 'r' of American English. I'm told that a retroflex 'r' is quite rare in the languages of the world.
When you say that fear becomes "fet" I'm guessing what you're hearing is a final flapped 'r'.
The final 'r' becoming "th" is a slender 'r' thing, no? Or would it affect broad and slender?
Last edited by OC Richard; 24th July 16 at 05:13 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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