them. I guess I'm part of the family now, since I understood why this was a funny gift. posted by asnider at 11:17 AM on January 3 [ 1 favorite ] No, they don't put a proper R in Yes we do. You just don't hear it because you're too used to being clubbed over the head with a giant American super-over-emphasised ARRRR! Just because I don't hit you over the head with my R's doesn't mean they're missing. We can tell the difference if they were missing, even if it escapes your R-deafened ears :-) posted by -harlequin- at 11:18 AM on January 3 [ 2 favorites ] jb I agree with you about gif but I may have been corrected about that more than any other pronunciation since becoming old enough to drink legal. Tell it to Cortex, tell it to Jessamyn. posted by bukvich at 11:20 AM on January 3 you take it out of world What? I can't think of a way that we take the 'r' out of world. MY HEAD IS ASSPLODING WITH SOME OF THIS. Just because I don't hit you over the head with my R's doesn't mean they're missing. Hearing that sentence out loud gives a whole new disturbing slant. I agree with you about gif .....Tell it to Cortex, tell it to Jessamyn. Worcestershire Sauce and the naming thereof nearly caused the first proper fight between my (now) wife and I when I first visited her in her native California