User:Jnestorius/rhotic spelling discrepancies
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Normally, in a rhotic accents, there is an R in the spelling if and only if there is an /r/ ([ɹ ɚ ɝ] in the pronunciation. But sometimes not.
Conflation[edit]
Conflation of words which are homophones in non-rhotic accents but ought not to be in rhotic accents
Pronounced but not spelled[edit]
Standard[edit]
- colonel—[ˈkɜrnəl]
Nonstandard rhotic[edit]
- Chicago [ʃɪˈkɑrgoʊ] replace g with ɡ, invalid IPA characters (g), sacrament [ˈsɑrkrɪmn̩t], sacrifice [ˈsɑrkrɪfaɪs], sacristy [ˈsɑrkrɪsti], sacrilege [ˈsɑrkrɪlɪdʒ]
- familiar [fərˈmɪljər], sherbet [ˈʃɜrbərt]
- wash [wɔrʃ], Washington [ˈwɔrʃɪŋtən]
- toilet [ˈtɜrlət]
See also #Conflation section
Spelled but not pronounced[edit]
Excluding cases dependant on nonrhoticity of accent
Standard[edit]
Standard compressed[edit]
Contraction unrepresented[edit]
- forecastle (cf. fo'c'sle)
- Featherstonehaugh (cf. Fanshaw)
Nonstandard[edit]
See also #Conflation section