    ‘Sentence tit is quite firm about the r -sound when it   2 vowel-sound or is at the ends of words, not   a   be given ful value, in various ways, as it is in Scots   and Irish and. generally but not always, in the speech   of most Americans except for those in New England  and the South.    Sentence 2 Residents of New England always  Pronounce the -r sound when it follows a vowel