Re: Orthography Question

Christopher Grandsenior scripsit:

>         As a French, I would say that even if the sound /G/ is much closer
> to the French 'r' than the /R/, I'd prefer the latter, as I find it more
> 'sweet' than the /G/. I'm thinking of the Arab speakers when they use French
> words. Depending on many things, they can use either /R/ or /G/ to pronounce
> our 'r'. But I find it more melodic when they use /R/ than when they use
> /G/. It's just a personal opinion. Ask Irene to know what she thinks of it.
What would you say is the overall feeling in France today about the
use of /r/, the Spanish/Italian style tap?  Most of the Occitan
dialects still have it, so I would suppose that even Standard French
as spoken by southerners would tend to contain /r/s rather than
"r grasseye".  Or is that no longer true?

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John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)