Crazy R

We call this the Crazy “R” because when an “r” is in a word it does strange things with the vowels before it. Sometimes they just disappear and only the “r” letter “sound” or letter “name” remains.

Here the “a r” uses the “r” letter “name”.

car
bar
tar
far
jar
dart
smart
cart
start
mark
bark
dark
park
Clark
stark
yard
farm
large
charge
market
afar
ajar
alarm
apart
apartment
carpet
arcade
arc
arch
arm
arson
art
artist
bargain
barmaid
barn
bombard
carbon
card
cardigan
cargo
discard
farce
garden
garlic
garment
garnish
hard
harm
harsh
harvest
jargon
karma
lard
lumbar
marble
march
margin
pardon
part
safari
scar
scarf
seminar
shark
sharp
sparkle
starve
target
varnish
war
warrant
chart
cigar
custard
cartoon
carve
darn
charm

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