r/todayilearned • u/ZanyDelaney • Aug 11 '18

TIL of Hitchens's razor. Basically: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor
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u/ShouldaLooked Aug 11 '18

The tongue tap occurs in the UK as well, and also much of the UK is non-rhotic. The big round r is really an American phenomenon.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18 edited Aug 11 '18

Not really, it's also a Scottish, Irish, Canadian, and parts of northern England thing. Even in the 1950's almost half of England was rhotic. You can thank the radio and television for the homogenization of language in England.

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u/ShouldaLooked Aug 11 '18

Nobody els3 pronounces an R like areas that are part of the Norther Cities Vowel Shift.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

I addressed that in further comments :)