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Dialects of English

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/dialectsofenglish.html Southern Southern English engages in r-dropping, that is, r's are not pronounced after vowels, unless followed by another vowel. Instead, vowels are lengthened or have an /'/ off-glide, so fire becomes /fai'/, far becomes /fa:/, and so on.