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A century on, people’s perception of nonrhoticity changed again, as Irish and Italian immigrants in the American Northeast began to adopt local speech patterns, giving it a less genteel association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Dropping your R’s is referred to as nonrhoticity.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2013