How did brits starting putting R's at the end of their words?

[TNDemo]

Diana was Dianer. I just heard a guy on TV talking about Fallujah and it was Fallujer. Just curious how that got started.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Southern English people often pronounce a as ah, sounding like r.

[Braden]

2. we do that here in Massachusetts to, Donna is Donner

not sure why its done.

[XNASA]

3. I was just thinking about this yesterday when it occurred to me...

..that Led Zeppelin was actually saying "Jamaica" when Plant sang "D'yer Ma'ker" (jhur-maker = Jamaica).

Yes? No? What's the story with that one?

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Yes

I've been saying it for years.

The rock literati are divided. Plant and company are keeping mum.


--bkl
And Mum is having the time of her life!

[Goldmund]

5. Kinda like

"I sawr a film today, oh boy"

[nuxvomica]

7. To me it's most noticeable in the Elvis Costello song: "Veroniker"

[Fovea]

6. The process is called rhotization

and it is still debated.
English and Spanish both have dialects with it.
There may be others, but these two I am aware of.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. It's not universal, and it's due to two factors:

1. The "I sawr it" phenomenon is kind of a linking "r." You can hear it in the Northeeastern U.S.

2. The "r" of "Dianer" isn't really an "r." It's a very lax vowel that sounds like an "r" to American ears.

[rucky]

9. Makes up for all the real R's that they don't pronounce

they really butchah the language