# Why do r's or r-sounds get pronounded in words where they don't belong?

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**Created:** [February 25, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rs-or-r-sounds-get-pronounded-in-words-where-they-dont-belong/231043 "2004-02-25T04:35:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-rs-or-r-sounds-get-pronounded-in-words-where-they-dont-belong/231043/21 "2004-02-25T18:34:09Z")

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TV announcers are trained to speak in a sort of compromised, flat midwestern accent. This has come to be regarded as the Generic American Accent.

Of course everyone has _some_ accent; there’s no one objective standard to compare everything to.

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