Posted by John Nichols on June 03, 2006 at 03:10:08 from 24.250.149.61 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Are you sure? [Re: Errs & Umms (was OT (Re: Night Sailing Picture in SA)] posted by Lyn on June 02, 2006 at 17:23:18:
Lyn:
the English and Australian r in words like beer are very soft. I have trouble being understood ordering a beer in the USA. now I say Shiner Bock and that usually gets me something cold and brown. My wife commetns on this all the time, simply saying - they don't understand you.
The r is there, you just have to know what sound represents the r sound. Try saying beer but drop of the real r and just round the e.
My US wife says it sounds like biahr.
JMN