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Re: Diving In...

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Friday, November 2, 2001, 18:33
From: "Almaran Dungeonmaster" <dungeonmaster@...>
> When I first read the site I quoted, I assumed as much. However, since the > French page did use the "R" to note its rhotic, while no "r" was used, I was > kind of under the impression that phonetic characters were meant instead of > phonemes.
Possibly because /R/ is not exactly the symbol for a rhotic, but IIRC for a voiced uvular fricative (IPA inverted small capital R). [That is the French sound, isn't it? It sounds like the one I've heard in the commercials... although it might actually have been voiceless.] *Muke!

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