Re: Personal langs and converse of aux
From: | D Tse <exponent@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, February 6, 2001, 5:40 |
>
> Heh. I admit that I cannot understand why some people find this sound
> difficult. I have never had any difficulty at all with the trill, and
> used it as a child when I was playing around, long before I knew that it
> was actually used in language. But I know several people that still are
> completely incapable of it, which mystifies me.
>
> There are other oddities, too, in people's phonetic ability. I can
> pronounce the rounded front vowels without too much difficulty, but I
> can't distinguish [o] from [C]. My friend can do those two, but cannot
> hear or pronounce rounded front vowels! And we're all native English
> speakers! (Actually, YHL speaks Korean, but evidently Korean doesn't
> include a trill).
>
Hehe...I learned to trill properly through some rather helpful tips obtained
from the members of this list. Just as well, because I'm learning Italian at
the moment...:P
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