Rhoticity

Full rhoticity (or "R-fulness") is typical of American accents, in which is pronounced in all historical environments spelled with the letter . This includes in syllable-final position or before a consonant, such as in pearl, car and fort, whereas most speakers in England do not pronounce this in these environments and so are called non-rhotic. Non-rhotic American accents, such as some accents of Eastern New England, New York City,