Re: rhotics

On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 03:58:27AM +0000, Keith Alasdair Mylchreest wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 11:42:22PM +0100, Irina Rempt wrote:
> >
> > So is mine, and I had two years of speech therapy as a child to learn
> > the trick with the tongue. Note: *only* for that, half an hour a week
> > for two school years when I was seven and eight. It never worked.
Hmmm. I could *never* trill an r. I've tried since very young, and have
never succeeded. Interestingly, I *can* do a bilabial trill (which,
incidentally was learned by imitating my mother... don't ask why she does
that, I'm not gonna answer :-P).

Question: what's the IPA symbol for the bilabial trill?

[snip]
> Now is there anyone out there who can whistle and trill an /r/ *at the
> same time* :)
*sigh* I can't whistle nor trill an /r/ :-(
The bilabial trill is about the only trill I can do.


T

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