Practice question · True or false
Intrusive r results from speakers generalising the rule that /r/ is pronounced before a vowel.
Hints
- Compare far away with law and order.
- Both insert an r before a following vowel in a non-rhotic accent.
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True
Why
True, and it is why condemning it is inconsistent: the same speakers accept the r in far away, which is produced by the identical rule. The only difference is whether the spelling happens to contain the letter, which the phonology has no access to.
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