<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>I have been noticing wide variation in the pronunciation of 'terrorism', etc. It seems to depend on just how rhotic the speaker's accent is. Everyone I hear on TV seems to have problems with it, including politicians and newspeople themselves.</DIV>
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<DIV>Some do it with one R, others with two, and people like me do it with three. </DIV>
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<DIV>Some people do it with two syllables, others (like me) with three.</DIV>
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<DIV>I noticed Guiliani hit all three Rs with a nice General American accent in his UN speech, but then spoiled the effect about how we 'drawer a line'.</DIV>
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