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Aside from Dominic West, I have found myself distracted by Joely Richardson British on “Nip/Tuck”, whose British vowels and r-lessness creep in to her speech every once in a while.
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The r-lessness resulted partly from these speakers being or being descended from speakers of r-less dialects in England, and partly from the contact that wealthier speakers from these regions maintained with London at a time when r-lessness was prestigious.
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New York City, traditionally r-less, is a slightly differerent story; the area was originally r-ful, but r-lessness grew in the mid-nineteenth century through immigration from New England.
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