Let's explore those six words a little bit to notice the long list spelling patterns associated with schwa+r. Nor do we hear a vowel sound in the final syllable of the word doctor. Listen closely: we don't hear any real vowel sound in the words her, girl, burn, learn, or work. The difference between a regular r sound and schwa+r is that schwa+r replaces the vowel sound of a word and creates a syllable. You see, schwa+r is essentially the same sound as a regular r sound. The schwa+ r sound is a special r-controlled vowel because rather than the r just following the vowel sound, it takes over the vowel sound. In American English, we say the r sound no matter what sounds are before and after the r. People who speak with non-rhotic accents don't pronounce the r sound when the r sound follows a vowel sound unless the r is followed by another vowel sound. This is different from British English and Received Pronunciation which have a non-rhotic accent. In North American English, the r sound is pronounced when it follows a vowel. I haven't talked about r-controlled vowels for a while, so let's review a little bit. The schwa+ r sound is an r-controlled vowel. My name is Mandy, and this is our 170th episode. Hi again, and welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English pronunciation podcast.
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