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A good example of a non-rhotic R being stuck in the standard transliteration of a foreign word is the Korean family name normally spelled Park in English. The hangul is 팍, which I would transliterate as Pahk. It is customarirly pronounced by rhotic Americans as it is spelled, Park.
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