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'It鈥檚 definitely not laziness!'

Language experts say the distinctive Scottish rolling "R" is being lost as younger Scots no longer pronounce the letter as forcefully.

Dr Eleanor Lawson, sociolinguist at Queen Margaret University, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely not laziness!鈥�

20 July 2015

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