The Intrusive /r/ and Linking /r/ - British English Pronunciation & Connected Speech

Remember, you don't NEED an RP British accent to speak English well... There are loads of accents out there! I'm just here to help people who have a love for modern versions of RP.

In this British English pronunciation lesson, I teach you the rules of the intrusive /r/ and the linking /r/ in connected speech. It's a difficult one, but it will really help you with both your listening skills and speaking skills.

[danielhill]

I like how every time you give an example of linking-R, you say "for example", which contains linking-R.

[wildherz]

I've been waiting for such an explanation of intrusive /r/ for ages! Thanks for delivering this! Now I understand why one hears Law(r)and order and the like!

[ETJEnglish]

Thanks for watching! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.


If not, see you in the next video!

[EdvardOmdahl-ng]

Thank you Elliot for sending me all these videos. You are very special guy and glad that you were still alive in because you are still alive. You are a precious gem

[lucasdiniz]

Thank you for your free lessons in these videos. I work for a British company, I think it's the most famous one, BT, and with your lessons, i'm able to sound a little more British with than.
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.

[angelica-sxgo]

I'm Italian, I've learnt English almost completely by myself, and I've always heard this phantom 'r' whenever British people spoke and I just couldn't understand where it came from! I should have looked for this video sooner since it's almost three years old😂

[Uniquelover]

Bro. I am from Kerala. Your classes are really helpful for all non native speakers. God bless you bro

[supernspeakingraw]

This video is def a gem. The words end with a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel then we need to link them with R sound which is not appeared in writing and

[lailasalaita]

I've just started studying phonology and needed to understand more about the intrusive r.
Thank you. You have been helpful 👍🏻

[mycophil]

Oh my, thank you!!!! I've been asking Brits about this for and nobody can ever explain, let alone even understand what I'm referring to! So many law(r) and draw(r) and others that have confused me throughout the years... No more!

[sarahnadeofpoetry]

5:42 Just leaving this here so I know where to come back to (Intrusive /r/ bit). Cheers for a brilliant and easy to understand video!

[mmasichukwuagatha]

For the past months, I have been looking for a means to actually learn to speak this accent and I just hit end point
Thanks so much❤

[juliaszabo]

I was reading my prof's notes, my notes from lessons and I just couldn't understand the difference btw linking and intrusive, yet it's so obvious! thank you for making it so simple!

[monicavela]

Thanks Elliott you have a very clear british pronunciation. I am a South American used to the american accent. I love to listen to you❤

[holypeachy]

How to speak in cursive. I'm not a native English speaker. But i speak it almost perfect, I've lived for 6 years in the US and when watching Sherlock Holmes and lots of people on the internet I noticed that they add r in certain words. Most notably "drawring" and "sawr", it really jumped out to me, thanks for the great explanation.

[mythicalcrafted]

You are a very good nice teacher, I hope one day I've become fluent in speaking English, confident and of course in a British accent. For now, I study English and a british accent for almost 8 hours a day I'm hoping this will work.

[tavitalna]

Thanks for the video!
I also heard something like ' I saw him' pronounced as ' I saw(r)'em'.

[adrianagragg]

I'm in love with the British language!!. I'm Native Spanish. I'm from Nicaragua.

[drockqx]

Thank you. As an American, I was confused about the intrusive "r". I learned about it recently and wanted to share the info with friends without sending them a wikipedia article 😁. Your video did the trick!

[saadansari]

This is what I've had in my head to know about and now I happened to come across the video and literally it seems to me quite difficult but your video helped me out a lot to understand it and now I'm gonna be practising it while reading.
Thank you Elliot.