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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
Ok, it actually depends on the vowels :
... The most well known case involves a historical < r > at the end of a word. In most British
accents, the < r > in a word like here is not pronounced if there is either a consonant
following in the next word, or silence. But if the immediately following word begins with a
vowel, the < r > does get pronounced: here in Britain / "hI@r Im "brItn= /. Such an / r / is
traditionally known as a ‘linking / r /’, as speakers use it to link up the end of one word with
the beginning of the next.
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Exactly. "Here we go" poses no problems but "here it is" becomes "here-r-it is". The turning of 'in' into "im" in 'here in Britain' is also true. I just tried it. It's less obvious than the 'r' but definitely there. I'm not sure how widespread it is across other British accents but it's absolutely there in a London accent.