The ‘Crispy R’ and Why R Is the Weirdest Letter
according to Lancaster University researchers, that "r"s are becoming a thing of the past in England—apart from in Blackburn, where the "r" is still very much rolling.
PhysOrg.com • Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
phonetic flair — wondering if there’s a word for when musicians change the pronunciation of words to improve the melody or match rhymes (ie: this girl is on fiyah.”) Pop-stars do it. Punk-stars do it. Music is a natural medium to mutate language.