Re: CHAT: OT CHAT: Asperger's syndrome

At 6/23/00 12:44 AM -0400, you wrote:
>Hmm, someone with a Japanese accent could really screw up that
>language.  :-)
Yes indeed!  A strong Japanese accent in this language could really turn
people
against you.  "r" is always insulting!  (Except between close friends with the
right sense of humor, of course).

>I take it you don't like the "r" sound?  What kind of "r" is it?
It's an aveolar tap, like <r> in Spanish.  It isn't that I dislike the sound,
it just decided I wanted a sound sybolic relationship, and I chose l ~ r.  My
idea is that /l/ is continuous and "more pleasing" but /r/ gets cut off, so is
more abrupt and hence less polite.

Marcus