Episode 31: R Vowels

Published: March 17, 2012, 4:04 p.m.

b'In this episode, Phil and Eric start to unpack the overstuffed suitcase known as rhotic vowels, or r-colored vowels. They cover things like what a rhotic vowel is, the possible use of syllabic consonant R [\\u0279\\u0329] rather than using vowel r\\u2019s, the difference between rhotic-schwa (aka \\u201cschwar,\\u201d \\u201cr-colored schwa,\\u201d or even \\u201cflying-schwa\\u201d) and rhotic-turned-epsilon (aka \\u201crhotic-3\\u201d or \\u201cflying-3\\u201d). That\\u2019s \\u025a or \\u025d. There is also discussion of the possibility of other rhotic vowels, such as \\u0251\\u02de or \\u0254\\u02de. Phil and Eric leave plenty of room for further discussion on future episodes on R-vowels!'