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Originally Posted By: FaldageA 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.
Yes I remember you mentioning that somewhere else. It had never occurred to me this was a problem since being a non-rhotician (non-rhote?) I had never thought of pronouncing it as anything but Pahk.
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