Re: initial /dr/ & /tr/

Hi,

Matahaniya ang Henrik Theiling ya 20' November 2007:

> I mentioned once that there are some German dialects that
> have an alveolar approximant for their /r/, which sounds
> quite similar to a typical postalveolar English /r/
> (because the dialect isn't well-known, speakers are
> sometimes mistaken to be from America, speaking 'very
> good German'...).  In these dialects, the /tr/ is
> [ts_ar\], i.e., an (apical) alveolar fricative creeps in.
Are you referring to the Wetterau /'vEr\:AU)/ dialect of
western Hesse? If so, I have heard it spoken once, on the
bus, and I couldn't understand a single word. Wikipedia
mentions it in the article about western Hessian dialects,
just search for "Wetterau Dialekt" in the German Wikipedia.

Regards
Carsten

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Venena, Limbuy 16, 2317 ya 16:55:36 pd
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 06:33:46 pm

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