Websters dictionary mandates no "r" at the end of words

[Mark Mandel]

That IS misleading.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> OK, but Tom Zurinskas wrote that Barnes and Noble described its
> Webster's, the dictionary in question here, as an American edition.
>
> Joel
>
> At 9/30/2008 09:33 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
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> >The name "Webster" on a dictionary means nothing by itself.
> >Merriam-Webster is a respectable publisher of dictionaries, and Noah
> >Webster of course created the first (first well-known?) US dictionary,
> >but the name "Webster" is public domain. I don't remember proper
> >sources for this, but the Wikipedia article
> >(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s#The_name_.E2.80.9CWebster.E2.80.9D_used_by_others
> >or use http://tinyurl.com/3s29c3 ) seems to have good citations.
> >
> >m a m
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > At 9/29/2008 01:45 PM, Paul Johnston wrote:
> > > >I don't know whether Noah Webster was non-rhotic (I don't think so),
> > > >but tons of Americans born in his home state and YOURS are, Tom.
> > > >They still can get an American passport if they come from, say,
> > > >Putnam, CT.
> > >
> > > But what about the zillions of Americans who are rhotic?  How can an
> > > American edition of a dictionary say "-r is never pronounced at the
> > > end of words but when a word ending in -r is followed by a vowel the
> > > -r can be pronounced."?  I'm being given permission to pronounce r in
> > > certain places, but not in others?
> > >
> > > (For me, pa:k is a Korean politician; a dork is not a dock, etc.)
> > >
> > > Joel
> >
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