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Yeah I'm from the north of Australia and our bogan arse accent drops the r on the end of words too.
No one says carrr It's more like cah
As far as extant English accents go, non-rhoticity is basically the default at this point. Most Americans and Canadians are rhotic, as are Irish and Scottish. Then a tiny number of English accents. That's about it.
But do we know why Americans have to yell all their conversations?
An Aussie complaining about Americans yelling?
I'm confused.