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  1. Mr President, speaking of teaching, here's a free lesson. There's no "r" in the pronunciation of "behaviour", as you were most probably taught at Seychelles College. Unless the word is followed by a vowel, but we can talk about word-final 'r' on a different occasion when I am in a better phonological mood. The rhotic 'r' which you're fond of using is in American English. You're the worst offender in using the tongue-rolling rhotic 'r' and as a result it's catching on. Now, there's nothing wrong in Seychelles developing its own style of speaking English. The Americans, Aussies, Kiwis and Jamaicans have done it. But I think the belief in Seychelles is that adding the rhotic 'r' makes the English sound more English and better, even if other words in the sentence are badly pronounced.