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Date: Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:02 (UTC)Most American dialects are rhotic; most British dialects aren't. So I associate rhoticism with America, which was a bit off-putting since all the other characters spoke with a British accent and it seemed out of place to hear rhotic endings. (And the flapped "t" in "Potter", which sounded like "Podder" sometimes.)
My basic accent is non-rhotic, so "ar" sounds like "ah" ("mar" and "ma" rhyme), and "or" sounds like "aw" ("law" and "lore" rhyme). In rhotic accents, they're separate and you hear an "r" sound or -- perhaps more commonly -- the vowel gets an r-colouring to it (but you don't hear a separate consonant sound).