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The History of Rotic Pronunciation
There is a special word for pronouncing the r sound. It's called rotic pronunciation. A few hundred years ago, british people pronounced their ors much like americans do to day. So most early american english speakers said all of their ars. Then in the late 17 hundred there was a big war called the american revolution where colonists living in north america fought for independence and kicked the british government out. Give me liberty or give me death, but preferably liberty. Bcause i like being alive.
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