why some English add ‘r’ to some words like Peppa from Peppa pig.

Question

I’m American and cannot figure out how the r is added to Peppa’s name when her dad says it. It sounds like Pepper. Not saying it’s wrong. My brain just needs to connect lol

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Answer 1

I’m surprised I haven’t seen the correct answer.

At one point, dropping the r on words that actually end in r was considered low class. Actual lower-class English speakers ended up overcompensating by adding an r where it didn’t actually belong.