Re: [tied] American dialects, correction

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:40:56 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Amsterdam and Rotterdam Dutch has retroflex r's, as does
> >Standard American, _unlike_ New England and Southern.
>
> Is that so? What kind of /r/ do New England and Southern have?
>

They drop it, as do British English (now I'm suddenly not so sure
about Southern).

Torsten