rewboss said:
That's actually untrue. Firstly, the "r" is sounded in many dialects of British English (my own, for example), sometimes very strongly; it just happens that in the standard RP accent, it isn't pronounced but merely lengthens the vowel. It's worth remembering that RP is an artificial dialect, but based on certain south-eastern dialects. Secondly, the vowel sound in the standard US accent is very different than that of the standard British accent: it's shorter and pronounced further back.
Well, so far, since developing interest in Phonetics, I only delved into RP accent, since it's widely seen as a Standard British accent, however, I haven't a chance to explore other British regional accent, as much as I've looked into RP.
However, having said that, I don't think I've heard "r" sound by anyone having British accent on British television/movie, as yet. And, on television, course, I often hear people from different region having varied regional accents but don't think I could say that I've heard "r" sound in any of their speech, as clearly audible as I could hear in American movies, for example.
For example, words like cordon, arse, honour, order, etc., as far as I've heard has ALL BUT ALWAYS has "r" sound "silent", except in "Scottish or Irish/Northern Irish" accent (but course, they are not strickly "English" accent, as in from "England").
Are you quiet certain about the possibility of some English regional accent (be it be York, South east/west, Brummie, North, Midlands, etc.) actually pronouncing the "r" sound (except when the "r" sound is exclusively followed by a vowel sound) ???
In my case, course, the "r" sound is pronounced but ONLY when it follows a vowel sound, but it's highly unlikely if you'll hear the "r" sound in my accent in words like "Ireland", "corner", "corn", "peter", etc.
If I may ask, which regional English accent in particular do you have, where you tend to pronounce the "r" sound, even when a vowel sound DOES NOT occur straight after the "r" sound ???