ABSTRACT
The word rhotic (occasionally rotic) is used to describe accents in which the r is pronounced in words such as pair and park. The degree of rhoticity can vary: in some accents of English, such as those of the eastern seaboard of the USA or the southeast of England, postvocalic r is not pronounced; occasionally, in regionally-modified accents, it is barely perceptible; and in others, such as many Scottish accents, the r is rolled in all positions.
