User:Jnestorius/rhotic spelling discrepancies

Normally, in a rhotic accents, there is an R in the spelling if and only if there is an ( in the pronunciation. But sometimes not.

Conflation
Conflation of words which are homophones in non-rhotic accents but ought not to be in rhotic accents
 * balmy— (barmy)
 * tortuous— (torturous)
 * foment— (ferment)


 * petition (partition)

Standard

 * colonel—

Nonstandard rhotic

 * Chicago, sacrament , sacrifice , sacristy , sacrilege
 * familiar, sherbet
 * wash, Washington
 * toilet

See also section

Spelled but not pronounced
Excluding cases dependant on nonrhoticity of accent

Standard

 * February
 * turmeric (variant)
 * worsted (variant)
 * Worcester

Standard compressed

 * quarter
 * surprise
 * paraphernalia
 * particular
 * sarsaparilla

Contraction unrepresented

 * forecastle (cf. fo'c'sle)
 * Featherstonehaugh (cf. Fanshaw)

Nonstandard

 * barbiturate
 * veterinary

See also section

Standard

 * iron

Standard variant

 * comfortable
 * hors d'oeuvres

Nonstandard

 * irony, environment
 * prevent, provide