Re: Mutable R's
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 12:27 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> ?! That's the first time I hear that one. To me, Japanese and Spanish have
> exactly the same rhotic, and it's definitely [4]. It doesn't sound like [l\] at
> all. Actually, it has nothing lateral in it!
I was taught that it was a retroflex tap. Before /a/, it sometimes
sounds like an [l], at least with some speakers. The name "Ranma" often
sounds like the English pronunciation of Llama from some of the
characters in that series. :-)
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