Re: Chinese Dialect Question

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> At 22:36 2.10.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
>
> >Well, there is one reason for worry; I've been hearing uvular "R" on and
> off
> >all my life from people from southern Sweden (incl my father when he's in
> >dialect mode) without picking it up. Still, that's no reason for giving up
> >trying; it's not like I've been doing any major attempts to master it
> before.
>
> There are actually perfectly native German speakers who use [r], so don't
> you worry.  My mom drove her GFrench teacher mad by being unable to
> pronounce [R], and she ìs German!
I'm aware of that; one of my teachers here does it.

But I'd still like to be able to pronounce [R]/[R\] properly, since that's the
commonest pronunciation.

                                                       Andreas