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Perhaps this person grew up in Missouri, or his relatives grew up
there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English_regional_phonology#St._=
Louis_and_vicinity

There are various regional dialects in the USA. Some dialects are
rhotic, in that speakers pronounce the final "R" in a word, while
others are non-rhotic and speakers drop the final "R".

The latter case can be noticed in the dialect spoken by both Blacks
and Whites in Virginia, the Carolinas, and parts of the Deep South.

But dropping the final "R" was also associated with the Ante Bellum
aristocratic ruling class, as the corruption occurred in England, not
the USA.

However, Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic actually tended to emphasize
the "R" sound, and as culturally-isolated Scots-Irish immigrants moved
westward they *added* an extra "R" in the middle of words where non
was intended.

So we hear Missourians say "warsh" instead of "wash", and the first
president of the USA was George "Warshington".

 

On Nov 28, 8:04 am, âÍÁ Á³Õ »Ñ·àÁ ËØÁ <macmi.=
..@gmail.com> wrote:

WTF asked you asshat? sheesh...just beacuse you are stupid, ignorant
and america has free speech doesn't mean you can run you uneducated
mouth when ever you want. You lower class types need to go back to
your ghetto's and starve like you are meant to.