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Not to be confused with [[Talk Like a Pirate|the way pirrrates constantly say "Arr!"]][[hottip:*:If they were [[History of English|non-Rhrrrrotic]]. Compare [[Sssssnaketalk]].
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* ''[[Braveheart]]'': Scottish rebels have routed one of my garrisons and murdered the noble lord.
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|What]] [[What the Hell Is That Accent?|arrrrrrrrrrr]] [[Large Ham|ye]] [[Ham to Ham Combat|doin']]?
* ''[[Superman Returns]]'': Krrrrrrryptonite!
* Grand Moff Tarkin from ''[[Star Wars]] IV''. [[Moral Event Horizon|You may fire when rrrrready...]]
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* The early [[Looney Tunes]] short ''[[Daffy Duck]] in Hollywood'' features a pig movie director with a thick German accent named von Hemberger, a parody of Josef von Sternberg voiced by Herman Bing (see "Film" above), who keeps doing this.
* Groundskeeper Willie from ''[[The Simpsons]]'':
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* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'': Ratigan, in his [[Villain Song]].
* The old goose<ref> voiced by Agnes Moorehead of ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]'' fame just before she passed on</ref> in Charlotte's Web (the animated 1973 film), especially noticable in her part during the "Veritable Smorgasbord" number.
* The "Grrreat and Powerful Trrrixie" from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
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* One possible way to identify someone from El Salvador is whether or not they roll their "r"s exaggeratedly at the end of sentences that end with words that end in an r. A longer trill correlates with high Salvadoran-ness.
* [[Jack Black]]. Through the skies, he flies, he doesn't know the RRRRRREASON why, but he flies... so high... you'll know that it's TRUE!
* [[Esperanto, the Universal Language]] is meant to be pronounced with trilled R's, but native English speakers usually omit them.
* Everyone's favorite dirty old little lady, Dr. Rrrrruth Westheimer is known particularly well for this.
* [[Christopher Lee]] is famous for this, along with his baritone and cool British accent.
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