French r
| From: | Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 31, 2003, 20:39 |
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>You were taught an uvular TRILL for the French r?!!!! Now for the last
>time, the French r is an uvular fricative in the North of France, in
>Belgium and in Switzerland, and an alveolar trill in the South of France
>(in some dialects only), but *never* an uvular trill! (there used to be a
>Parisian dialect using the uvular trill - the dialect Edith Piaf spoke -
>but it's now dead).
Sorry, Cristophe. I made a mistake. (And it's inexcusable because I am
trained...although obviously not trained well enough if this slipped
through.) I guess that I have heard the French r described as a uvular
trill so many times that I believed it. If I actually *feel* myself
pronouncing a French word with an r in it, I can tell that I am pronouncing
a uvular fricative. My apologies for the confusion, and thanks for setting
me straight.
Isidora
whose education is sadly lacking
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