Re: rhotic miscellany, and a usage note
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 5, 2004, 2:18 |
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Roger Mills scripsit:
> --almost an American /r/ in final position in unstressed words like der,
> einer, though it's possible it's uvular and doesn't come thru the recording
> process well. The first word of "Cäsars Tod"-- Rom -- sounds very American.
It's probably [a], which is a common realization of -er; non-syllabic [a]
is likewise a common realization of -r that is not -er.
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