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    I'm a native AmE speaker and I have some experience with both Spanish and Italian, where double-consonants are different from single-consonants (Spanish makes them last longer, while Italian separates them as distinctly attached to the surrounding syllables). I definitely don't make any distinction between the English "r" and "rr", whether in duration or "double-flapping" and learning both the Spanish r/rr distinction and the Italian g/gg distinction was learning something new for me. Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 17:40
  • Example 1 is an American speaker (rhotic). Example 2 the accent is defintely a british (non-rhotic) speaker, but is not typical of any region: the speaker may have received voice training. Example 3 is definitely a British (non-rhotic) speaker. In my opinion, example 3 is a single R, example 1 is a marginal double, and example 2 is a forced (and unnatural) double R, like the one in my third example Commented Feb 10, 2018 at 6:29