Re: rhotics (was Hellenish oddities)

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:39:59 -0500, Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Irina Rempt wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, BP Jonsson wrote:
>>
>> > Try placing the tounge rather relaxed in position for [t] and then
force a
>> > stream of air through.  This will produce a voiceless trill.
>>
>> Nope. When I do that I get /s/ (voiceless alveolar fricative) or /l-/
>> (voiceless alveolar lateral fricative).
>
>I tried it as described and I ended up hissing or choking on my tongue.
>So far trying to prolong the Korean [r] or the repeated [d] that my
>friend suggested have gotten me closest.  It may well be that different
>methods work for different people...?
>
>YHL
*SNIKT*!

Two or so months ago I wrote to the langmaker2 list bringing up the topic
of trilling. It helped on a basic level as I was unable to alveolar trill
at that point.

I actually tried to say /tDr/ like one of the previous posts on this board
recommended and lo and behold, it seems to have worked.

Well, that just goes to show that different methods DO work for different
people...

-Imperative