ABSTRACT
Those who have no trace of r or [ə] in the words here mentioned often pronounce [ə] when the sound is final: far [fa·ə], nor
4.41. In all these cases an original short vowel has been lengthened through the infiuence of the fusion with the weakened r. We now come to the originally long vowels, and first note that r neutralizes the tendency towards diphthongs of the [ei, ou]-type and tends to lower vowels.
