How do you pronounce R?

"or" sounds to me like a d4 collars up rugby jock with whatever haircut beckham has this week, although on the opposite end of the scale anyone from cork would pronounce it "or" and cork people are sound so im undecided on that one.
i pronounce it "are" myself , i dont think youd get a real pirate "arrrrr" this side of yorkshire (well maybe ronnie drew might do ye one).
one thing i like though is that irish people pronounce the r, be it "or" or "are". funnily enough most english accents seem to have phased out the letter r exept for at the start of a word. listen the next time you hear an english tv announcer say "return" they get the first r but the second one always eludes them

Sinecure wrote:

It all comes down to accent I guess. I'm from the north and say "are". I find the idea of me pronoucing it "or" just plain stupid.

If only we could figure out why you nordies think "w" is pronounced "iiiiieeeeeeeee" as in everytime one of the announcers on BBC NI or UTV tries to say now.

its "are" in Scotland, but what about the way irish folk pronounce (or dont) "th" as in dis dat dese and dose or 1, 2 , tree and what about J as in "ja" not as in "jay"

im from meath but live in dundalk..have a mixed bogger/dundalk accent..when i ring places in dublin from work(work has abbreviated name for handiness with an r at the end) most of the people cant grasp the r at the end...really have to pronounce it as 'or' for them or have to tell them the whole name...that annoys me!!!!! :mad:

Arrrr Jim lad.

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R - 'R' is often heavily emphasised both at the start and ending of words with the sound of 'er', this gives them a warm tone, such as "NeveR", "BabbeR" and "Right".

This is how "R" is where I come from

Ziderrrrrrr I up Landlord!

Funny, this whole "or" and "are" debate. I heard Ryan Tubridy the other morning spell something and he said "are". Never really noticed it much before then. I'm an "or".

What kind of person uses "are" I can't say I've heard someone say it like that.

OR.

Hugh Hefner wrote:

It's definately should be pronounced "or". I'd definately correct a friend if he/she pronounced it "are" (in a non-slagatory to culites way).

And "a" should be pronounced "ay" not "ahh" although I think in Irish it's meant to be pronounced "ahh". I always hear my Irish teacher pronouncing it "ahh".

"H" is "haytch", or else.

That's it exactly.