I hate how British people add r’s to the ends of words that don’t have r’s anywhere near them. This British dude on TV tonight said “Vanillar Ice.” Why do they do that? I realize that it’s a diphthong of sorts, but I don’t think it’s a good one. It’s because there’s a vowel or vowel sound ending one word and the next word starts with another vowel or vowel sound. So the “ah-i” sound (as in “aight”) is awkward for them to pronounce I suppose and it ends up coming out as “ahr-i”? They should just learn to half-ass their language like we Americans do, and they wouldn’t have to worry about sounding stupid when they say things like “Vanillar Ice.”

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