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Radio 4,4 mins

'It鈥檚 definitely not laziness!'

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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

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