[Magdalen] HOT-fd.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, “fullyrhotic” is a new term for me! I gather it means unpronounced “r’s”

> On Sep 7, 2019, at 10:Vic 29 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> I am interested that in a current advertising campaign, a USA
> company is called "The Hartford," with the ads being fullyrhotic.
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> My good friend, the O/C of the Christ Church Cathedral (Eau Claire, USA)is from Hartford, CT and his speech and in particular his pronunciation ofhis home town is completely non-rhotic.  IOW, the "r's" in Hartford arecompletely silent.  This sounds like "HOT-fd.  It is amazing how just a quickdrive east from NE Pennsylvania puts one in what is linguistically New England.
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> It's fascinating how different the NE PA "Coal Cracker" accent is from the softer, moregenteel (?) accent of New England. Sometimes I detect a bit of the local coal crackerin the speech of Joe Biden who spent his youth here.
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> David Strang.with a very rhotic Upper Midwestern accent.
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