What's the point of "r" letter in British English?

[Cubus]

Why do you write something you don't spell?

[Anonymous]

There are words which start with R and some words have it in the middle. Its just like saying whats the point of having E in English since its never pronounced if a word ends in it. I'm British. I know we don't tend to pronounce the R at the end of a word unless its followed by a word commencing with a vowel. Socttish and Irish people however do pronounce it.

[Lucy68]

British English is non-rhotic. The letter "r" is not pronounced after vowels, unless it is also followed by a vowel that is what my pen pal told me

[TrueConfection]

Do you have an example?

[Cubus]

Dreamer, teacher, car, fork,

[TrueConfection]

So they pronounce car "caw"?

[Cubus]

They don't spell that "r", They say something like "dree-mah" "tee-chah" "caa" and "fok"

[TrueConfection]

You mean pronounce? 😉

Hmm... I notice that with east coast accents in the U. S. too.

[Cubus]

Yes, I heard they say that in New England

[TrueConfection]

Pennsylvania and New Jersey too.

[Cubus]

Yeah, I guess. It's not New England per se but it's close

[OlderAndWiser]

Here in the Southern US, most of us pronounce the "r" in words.

[Jim___Blakes]

CAR and CAA sounds different